Claims extracted
26
sentences that state something as happening or true
Uncertain
4%
1 of 26 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
Leaning
not political
takes no side on a contested political question
Publisher signals
69/100
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Outlets on this story
3
Health
Same framing elsewhere
1
articles that frame the event the way this one does
The family of a 13-year-old boy who was viciously attacked by a rabid beaver in Maryland has spoken out about the incident, describing the animal as a massive, four-foot-long adult.
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who → attack → adult
The July 26 incident was the first of three rabid beaver attacks that prompted Cunningham Falls State Park in Frederick County to close, according to the family's GoFundMe.
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that → prompt → GoFundMe
The teen was identified as Dominick Cebula by WUSA 9.
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teen → identify → WUSA
Dominick was swimming and looking at fish underwater in a designated area when the beaver suddenly struck his chest and latched onto him, the family said in their online fundraiser.
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family → swim → fundraiser
The family said the unprovoked attack unfolded in front of the boy's mother and younger brother, who watched in horror from the shore.
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who → say → shore
"This 4-foot-long beaver (not a cute little cuddly beaver — this thing was as big as his 8-year-old brother) came out of nowhere from the deep of the lake, beelined straight toward D, and began biting and attacking him," Dominick's aunt, Leigh Cebula, said.
"He did not provoke it, poke it, or mess with it in any way.
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He → come → way
Dad Jeff Cebula told WUSA 9 the beaver began shaking its head and refused to let go.
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beaver → tell → head
"He grabbed its head and a leg, and he tried to get it off of him," Jeff said.
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Jeff → grab → him
"At that point, he kind of felt that it was locked onto him.
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it → feel → him
And then it started shaking its head, kind of like a dog would do.
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dog → start → head
Dominick eventually managed to pull the beaver off his chest and tried to back away with his hands raised, his dad said.
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dad → manage → hands
The beaver then lunged at him again and bit his right hand, prompting Dominick to fight it off a second time.
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beaver → lunge → it
He was promptly airlifted to Johns Hopkins Hospital, where doctors began treating his wounds and administering rabies post-exposure treatment.
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doctors → airlift → treatment
He was lifeflighted to Johns Hopkins because the paramedics were worried his lung was punctured.
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lung → lifeflighte → Hopkins
Luckily it wasn't," Dominick's mother, Alishia Cebula, told Fox News Digital.
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mother → tell → Digital
The boy is now recovering well after undergoing surgery earlier this month.
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boy → recover → surgery
"He is doing much better.
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He → do → ?
He just had surgery on 9/4 to repair a severed nerve in his finger," Alishia said.
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Alishia → have → finger
"He had a lot of appointments, especially with the rabies vaccines he had to get.
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he → have → vaccines
"Luckily, we're getting to the end of this traumatic event."
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we → get → event
Leigh added that the incident happened in an area where the family had swum for years and had never spotted beavers before.
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family → add → beavers
After the attack, the beaver was euthanized after testing positive for rabies.
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beaver → euthanize → rabies
Swimming access to Hunting Creek Lake at the park was closed soon afterward.
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access → close → park
The incident marked the first in a series of three attacks at the park.
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incident → mark → park
On Aug. 5, a 19-year-old fisherman was bitten in the ankle by a beaver.
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fisherman → bite → beaver
Less than three weeks later, a 10-year-old girl at Seneca Creek State Park was also attacked while wading with an organized group.
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girl → attack → group
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