And for once it wasn't Florida Man, but his
northwestern cousin Washington Man.
According to investigators, the animal was run over by a car in park in Kennewick, a city just north of the Oregon border. Upon seeing the animal get hit, a female witness wrapped the beaver in a towel and went to her residence to retrieve a container in which to place the injured animal.
When the woman returned to the park, she discovered a man--whose pants were unzipped--atop the beaver. The witness called 911.
Rennewick Police Department officers responding to the park then arrested Richard Martin Delp, 35. A police briefing newsletter offered this synopsis: “35 year old male was seen assaulting a dead beaver.”
Delp, cops say, “admitted to the crime.” A search subsequent to Delp’s arrest turned up methamphetamine. Charged with animal cruelty and narcotics possession, Delp is being held without bail in the Benton County jail.