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Oct. 20 (UPI) --Visitors to a California beach are warning of an aggressive otter with a habit of stealing surfboards -- and it isn't the first time. Isabella Orduna said she was surfing Wednesday ...

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. -- Surfers heading to Santa Cruz, California will have to keep a look out for a furry surfboard thief. A surfer at Steamer Lane says a sea otter bit her foot and then climbed onto ...

On Wednesday, a surfer at Santa Cruz’s Steamer Lane had an uncanny encounter with a bit of marine wildlife. Not a shark, but rather, an otter. Isabella Orduna was minding her own business at the famed ...

Santa Cruz's Steamer Lane has seen its share of stories: big waves, tough locals, and the kind of lineup drama that keeps people talking. But in mid-October, something stranger took over. Surfers ...

Footage shows an encounter between an angry otter and a surfer off the coast of Santa Cruz, Califorina on 10 July. The otter can be seen biting the surfboard and climbing on top, forcing the surfer ...

Social media lighted up this past holiday weekend with the return of Santa Cruz’s most infamous sea mammal: the surfboard-stealing Otter 841. “841 is back in the 831 at Steamer Lane,” Mark Woodward ...

SANTA CRUZ, California — The pirating sea otter who stole the hearts of people around the world has seemingly returned after months of avoiding the public eye. Otter 841 was the hit of the summer in ...

They may look cute and cuddly... but at least one California sea otter has reportedly turned to a life of crime. A surfer in Santa Cruz told officials a cheeky sea otter nibbled on her foot, then had ...

Otter 841 went viral in 2023 for harassing surfers in California, but 841's first attacks were reported in 2021 Hefti Brunold A Santa Cruz surfer reported an otter biting her foot and then refusing to ...