A Beaver has attacked and killed a fisherman, literally pouncing on the man then gnawing on his neck until he was dead, in what officials are calling a ‘freak attack..’ Reports indicate the beaver became enraged after the fisherman tried to take his picture, no joke! The man was with two friends when they spotted the animal on the side of the road and decided to take his photograph.

A BEAVER has reportedly mauled a man to death after pouncing on him as he went to take its photograph during a fishing trip. I REPEAT, A fisherman has been bitten to death by a beaver after trying to take its photograph, reportsExpress.uk.co!

The man is believed to have been on a fishing trip at Lake Shestakov in Belarus with two friends when they spotted the animal on the side of the road. They stopped to take a picture of the creature, but as the victim approached the beaver it reportedly leapt on him, biting him on the leg. Despite the efforts of his friends to stem the flow of blood from the wound, the man bled to death. The animal is believed to have severed a main artery during the attack, according to reports.

Attacks by beavers are not unheard of! Last year in the U.S. two girls were mauled by a beaver in a lake in Virginia as they swam and more recently, an 83-year-old U.S. woman was bitten as she swam in Lake Barcroft.