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Around 6 on Monday morning, a beaver scampered across the American Tobacco Campus and hopped into the Old Bull River, an artificial concrete channel that flows through the center of the campus. As the sun came up, an email went out to ATC workers saying that animal control had been called. \u201cFor your safety, please do not approach the beaver.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In a different era, the beaver may have been quietly picked up by a wildlife agent. But this is 2023, so we have the internet for important things like breaking news and pictures of rodents.<\/span><\/p>\n

At 9:34 a.m., a Reddit user <\/span>posted a screenshot<\/span><\/a> of the ATC email. \u201cLet. Him. Stay.,\u201d replied another user, racking up over a hundred upvotes. \u201cIt’s his river now. Build away, nature’s lil’ engineer. Build away,\u201d typed another.<\/span><\/p>\n

The beaver, estimated to be four feet from head to tail and 50-60 pounds, probably wasn\u2019t too happy with all the attention. \u201cI think he was scared and shaken,\u201d said Adam Klein, director of Durham real estate for Capitol Broadcasting. And the river wasn\u2019t exactly the picturesque natural habitat that some Reddit users may have imagined.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s no real food, the water is chlorinated,\u201d said Klein. \u201cWe also have a high school on campus, and a lot of people walk their dogs right by that river. So we knew we needed to really get him out into a safe spot.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

At 12:16 p.m., another corner of the internet met the critter. Across the street from ATC, Andrew Green, digital and social content manager for the Durham Bulls, <\/span>tweeted a photo<\/span><\/a> of the animal. \u201cSo a beaver showed up across the street at the American Tobacco Campus today,\u201d he wrote. \u201cWhat should we name it?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIs this real?\u201d replied a Twitter user. \u201cCos that’s one resourceful beaver if this is real.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Indeed, no one can say with certainty where the mammal came from, or why.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIt likely walked into the downtown area from either [Ellerbe] Creek to the north or the Third Fork Creek to the south, both of which are a short distance from the American Tobacco Campus,\u201d Fairley Mahlum, communications director at the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission, said in an email to the 9<\/span>th<\/span> Street Journal. \u201cIt is not uncommon to see beavers in urban areas wherever this habitat is available to them.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Klein wondered if downtown construction pushed the beaver out of its normal habitat. \u201cThose damn Gentrification Beavers!\u201d wrote another Redditor.<\/span><\/p>\n

No name was officially agreed upon. But everyone had their favorites.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cChipper Jones played here with the Bulls, and his number is retired. So of course, I\u2019m going to be a little partial to \u2018Chipper\u2019 even though I\u2019m not a Braves fan,\u201d said Green, the Bulls employee. He also liked \u201cWood E. Bull,\u201d a play on Wool E. Bull, the team\u2019s mascot.<\/span><\/p>\n

Klein initially denied having a favorite name. Later in the interview, he slipped up and called the beaver \u201cBarry,\u201d admitting that ATC workers had taken to it. \u201cWe\u2019re in this era of working from anywhere, and we got a chuckle from thinking about the beaver deciding to work from campus for the day.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

But ATC\u2019s newest resident faced a final challenge before it could escape to the wild\u00ad\u00ad. State law does not usually allow for live relocation of beavers.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cHonestly tragic,\u201d wrote a Redditor. \u201cHe will likely be killed.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Luckily for the beaver and its new fans, Klein was able to work with the removal agent to secure safe passage for the traveler. \u201cFirst thing Tuesday morning, Barry was taken to the headwaters of Falls Lake in Durham County,\u201d said Klein.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"At 9:03 a.m. on Tuesday, a WRAL reporter <\/span>tweeted a video of the release<\/span><\/a>. The beaver waded into the water before ducking under, away from the eyes of the internet.<\/span><\/p>\n

While this beaver posed no apparent danger, Mahulm said anyone who has questions about wild animal encounters, rodent or otherwise, should contact the state\u2019s Human-Wildlife Interaction Hotline at 866-318-2401.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cIf left alone, the beaver would not have posed any threat to people,\u201d wrote Mahulm. \u201cThe biggest danger to the beaver would be the inherent risks to any animal of crossing busy roads.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The beaver could not be reached for comment.<\/span><\/p>\n

Above (from top): The Durham Bulls’ Twitter feed shared this image of the ATC beaver on Monday; by Tuesday, an WRAL video tweet showed the beaver swimming to freedom.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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