Swim instructor needed 38 stitches after being attacked by an otter while swimming in Lake Tahoe

A Reno swim instructor found herself going toe to toe with an otter while she was out for a swim in Lake Tahoe over the weekend. The attack, she swears, was five minutes long, landed her in the emergency room.

Lynnette Bellin said in a video showing the aftermath of the attack that she had been swimming in Lake Tahoe for 25 years and didn’t even know there were otters there. She found out there were about 30 minutes into a swim Sunday.

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