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Lakeland High School teacher Casina Ewert awoke to screams as the otter chased the family dog into the house and attacked her 17-year-old daughter, she told The Ledger. Feb 10, 2020 LAKELAND, Fla. Casina Ewert is still wondering: Did that really happen? A river otter attacked her dog, bit her daughter, and caused havoc a little before sunrise Tuesday morning. The otter came from the lake behind their home on Shady Lake Lane.

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A family from Lakeland is recovering from the shock of a close encounter with an otter that went on a rampage inside their home.

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The Ewert family describes it as a “crazy otter” that had to be wrestled and tossed from their home.

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One recent morning, Casina Ewert heard her daughter Gwyneth screaming and ran to help her. She'd been bitten by an animal that attacked the family dog, Scooter.

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'I was just screaming and hoping, 'mom and dad, please wake up please wake up, I don't know what I'm gonna do,'” Gwyneth Ewert said.

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'I knew we had to immediately treat the rabies situation, I thought that might come up, so our first instinct was to go to the ER,” Casina Ewert said.

It took three days and nights of searching, but the otter was found in a joint effort by the Polk County Sheriff's Office and Florida Fish and Wildlife.

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Now, the family is less anxious about going outside, and Gwenyth has recovered well from the bite.

'It's healing nicely. Hopefully, not a terrible scar,' Gwyneth said.

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But the story behind the scar is still a shock. Just as it was the moment they realized the animal hissing in their living room was likely the same one they and others in the neighborhood saw swimming in nearby lakes several times over the past six months.

Wildlife officers said the otter killed a second dog in the neighborhood. They also said otters can be vicious and people should not approach them.

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