Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California, February 15, 1935
Headline – The Cornell Daily Sun, Ithaca, New York, February 15, 1935
Headline – Santa Cruz-News, Santa Cruz, California, February 15, 1935
PERRY, N.Y., Feb. 15. (AP) Herman Strutter says a beaver gnawed off his wooden leg while he slept.
To prove his story, Strutter, who lives near a beaver colony at Hermitage, has the stump of the leg, on which he shows the teeth marks to doubters. He is walking on crutches.
He says also he tracked the beaver to a nearby pond and that there was a hole in the ice, through which he is convinced half his leg was dragged. The beaver, Strutter explained, entered a first-floor sleeping porch through a door which blew open.
To those unconvinced by the teeth marks on the stump Strutter explains he found chips in his bed.