You've seen them at the zoo (in captivity), but you don't know what they are capable of in the wild. This sounds like something out of a horror movie. Please be careful out there.
Real 911 Call of Otter Attack (WARNING: some graphic language is used. )
9-1-1 Call Transcript
CALLER: Venice East Boulevard…Help!!
OPERATOR: What's happening at Venice East Boulevard?
CALLER: There's a man on the ground…an otter..I can't get him off. Hurry please.
OPERATOR: Sir, I'm going to need the cross street
CALLER: [Inaudible]
OPERATOR: There's a man on the ground?
CALLER: Yes ma'am'
OPERATOR: And someone's doing what?
CALLER: An otter's got him
OPERATOR: Who's got him?
CALLER: An otter!
OPERATOR: An otter?
CALLER: O-T-T-E-R, please hurry! I can't keep him off.
OPERATOR: And it's right in the middle of the street?
CALLER: Yes. You'll see my truck it's got flashers.
OPERATOR: What color is your truck?
CALLER: White. Please hurry.
OPERATOR: And you're blocking the roadway?
CALLER: Right.
OPERATOR: And do you need an ambulance?
CALLER: I imagine so, yes. Ma'am can you please hurry?
OPERATOR: Yes, one second.
CALLER: (speaking to someone with him) Where is he?
OPERATOR: What's your name sir?
CALLER: [Name redacted] Here it comes! Here it comes!
OPERATOR: Where exactly on Venice East are you?
CALLER: A mile west of Center Road.
OPERATOR: And you say he is injured?
CALLER: Yes ma'am.
OPERATOR: What kind of injuries does he have at this time?
CALLER: I don't know. He's being bit by a damn otter. Can you please send someone?
OPERATOR: I already have it to dispatch, now tell me – you said you're west of Center Road. Are you in front of a building?
CALLER: No, no building.
OPERATOR: Are you in front of a lake?
CALLER: No, it's just woods.
OPERATOR: Just woods?
CALLER: Yes.
OPERATOR: You're near a wooded area?
CALLER: Yes ma'am
OPERATOR: There's no address anywhere, no sign? Nothing you can…
CALLER: No. There's not.…Ma'am that little sucker's got him. I can't keep him off.
OPERATOR: And how do you know him? Is he your friend?
CALLER: No, I found him on the ground.
OPERATOR: And the otter's still on him?
CALLER: Yes. I can't see him to get him off.
OPERATOR: Are you right there with him?
CALLER: Yes ma'am. [Inaudible]
OPERATOR: They're already dispatching a unit now. You need to give me the best location information you can. I have west of Center Road near a wooded area.
CALLER: Two miles…a mile north or a mile east of the wastewater treatment plant.
OPERATOR: A mile north of the water treatment plant?
CALLER: [Inaudible]
OPERATOR: One mile north of the water treatment plant?
CALLER: Water treatment plant
OPERATOR: Tell me what's happening now?
CALLER: Inaudible
OPERATOR: Are you able to help the man at all?
CALLER: Yes. I've got the otter off and quite a bit but not that much.
OPERATOR: What kind of injuries does he have? Is he bleeding? Is he awake?
CALLER: What's that?
OPERATOR: Is he awake?
CALLER: Yes
OPERATOR: What kind of injuries does he have? Anything obvious?
CALLER: [To someone with him] Hey! Hey! Hey!...[to the operator] Yes, there's blood all over him.
OPERATOR: All over what part of his body?
CALLER: All over it [to someone with him} Yes I am. Be careful! Be careful there's an otter in there. We've got to get that otter off.
OPERATOR: I don't you…Listen, I don't want any more injuries.
CALLER: Look out, he's going to bite the [expletive deleted] out of you? He'll bite the [expletive deleted] out of you.
OPERATOR: How old is the patient?
CALLER: What's that?
OPERATOR: How old would you say the patient is?
CALLER: Inaudible
OPERATOR: What?
CALLER: I'm trying to …inaudible [to someone nearby] I already called an ambulance. Oh, okay.
OPERATOR: Is he a paramedic?
CALLER: No he's not a paramedic. There's one around the corner.
OPERATOR: All right now repeat your name for me. Sir?
CALLER: What's that?
OPERATOR: Repeat it slowly. Your name sir?
CALLER: [To someone with him] No I already got it. He was on the ground laying there as I drove by. That's what I was trying to do. I tried a Snickers on him but it didn't work.
OPERATOR: Sir, what's your name?
CALLER: [To someone with him] I couldn't…yeah
OPERATOR: What's your name sir?
CALLER: [Name redacted]
CALLER: Here come the ambulances
OPERATOR: Flag down the make sure they see you. Go ahead and tell me the phone number you're calling from
CALLER: [Number redacted]
OPERATOR: And what city are you in?
CALLER: Sarasota
OPERATOR: Thank you. Now is the patient still awake?
CALLER: Yes, as far as I know he's still awake, right?
OPERATOR: Is he lying…
CALLER: He's moving. He moved.
OPERATOR: Is he okay?
CALLER: Yeah. He's moving. He's alive. The sirens have now stopped.
OPERATOR: The sirens stopped? Are they there with you?
CALLER: No they're not. I don't even see his lights now. The ambulance…you can't miss my truck.
OPERATOR: OK. They may have turned the sirens off because they're getting near.
CALLER: Okay
OPERATOR: Keep your eyes open. I want you to make sure…
CALLER: I'm getting where I can see right now. You say they are on their way right?
OPERATOR: Yes, the other person that stopped, do they know first aid? Are they…
CALLER: No. But they're calling a paramedic right now that lives around the corner.
OPERATOR: I'll stay on the line to make sure they find you, okay?
CALLER: Okay.
OPERATOR: Now the man that was lying, is he still lying down? Sir? Sir?
CALLER: You just sit still. [caller talking to other people at the scene]
OPERATOR: Tell me what's going on. Sir? Sir? Sir?
CALLER: Hello?
OPERATOR: Yes.
CALLER: Are you still on the line? Nobody's showed up yet do you know…?
OPERATOR: They're on the way. I want to stay with you until they actually find you.
CALLER: They just asked me…
OPERATOR: How is the patient doing?
CALLER: He's alive. Right. [Inaudible] this animal might have rabies.
OPERATOR: So two people have been bit?
CALLER: Yes ma'am. [caller talking to other people at the scene] I tried yelling at him first, but he's lost a lot of blood. And he's older. And his dentures are out.
OPERATOR: I don't want anybody else going near it.
[Another person gets on the phone]
CALLER2: Nobody's going, the otter is not going to move.
OPERATOR: Okay.
CALLER2: [to someone near him] Calm down please.
OPERATOR: Are you trained in first aid?
CALLER2: No.
OPERATOR: Can you tell me what kind of injuries the patients have?
CALLER2: He has major lacerations on his hand, on his face. He's lost at least half a pint of blood. I'd have to say in the upper 60s if not older.
OPERATOR: You think he's in his 60s?
CALLER2: Upper 60s.
OPERATOR: Upper 60s. Can you tell me exactly where you are?
CALLER2: I'm on Venice East Boulevard 1/4 mile north…here they are. The police are here. Thank you.
OPERATOR: Bye.
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