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Angry beaver chased student through a housing estate

May 14, 2018

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Aggressive beavers are apparently on the loose in Britain – and theyre not big fans of humans.

Thats according to a young woman who claims she had no option but to run away when she was chased by the large rodent.

Nancy Fofana said she was walking to a supermarket near her home in Gloucester when the creature appeared from a nearby hedge in a housing estate.

The 22-year-old said: It had a pointy nose and long tail.

It turned and stared and started towards me. I thought it was going to attack so I ran.

The fashion student thinks the 3ft creature was too large to be a rat.

Beavers became extinct in the UK about 500 years ago – but were reintroduced in recent years.

Nancy, who claims her sighting happened at 10pm last Sunday, managed to film the animal, which she believes came up from the nearby River Severn.

Professor Richard Brazier of Exeter University, who has seen the footage, said: Given its size, gait and the time of day, it looks like a beaver.

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