A third person in west Boca Raton has been bitten by an otter that authorities say could have rabies. The latest attack was caught on video. The victim, a 19-year-old college student, was videotaping the otter with his camera phone Wednesday afternoon as it swam in a lake behind his house in the Southwind Lakes neighbourhood.
The otter appears harmless enough as it's swimming around out there. And William Gibbons had not heard about the reports of an otter attacking two other people and a dog. But the otter starts heading for shore and the victim in his backyard realizes maybe the otter could be a threat.
Within a few seconds, the otter is coming after him and it bites him on the left leg near the ankle. He screams and the camera moves wildly as he runs away after being bitten.
"I was scared, to say it simple. It was a cute little otter, I didn't expect it to do anything. And right when it bit me, I was like wow! I wasn't expecting this, so then it just took off," he said. Gibbons has had several rabies shots, and will need several more.
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