News report of a bizarre rabid beaver attackAfter Thursday's attack, the animal was found and killed by a park ranger. It tested positive for rabies at the Pennsylvania Health Department lab, and also showed signs of blunt force trauma, consistent with the first attack, when the bitten husband claimed to have hit the beaver with a rock to chase it away.
"At this point, we do have reason to believe it was the same animal," Pennsylvania Game Commission spokesperson Jerry Feaser told LiveScience. "It's unusual that it was beavers, it was unusual that there were two incidences so closely together and it was truly bizarre it was in Philadelphia."
Game Commission Officer Jerry Czech described what happened when a couple fishing in Pennypack Creek was attacked.
Mr Czech said: 'The beaver kind of went underwater and came up.
'The wife started screaming and the husband looked over and saw the beaver biting on her leg.'
It then bit the husband when he came to her aid.