I never thought of the meat eater series as a tear jerker type of show. Good show.

@BigGulpsUmbasa

2 ай бұрын

If for some reason you want more tear jerkers from Meateater, check out their Close Calls series.

Switched from the podcast to KZread almost an hour in. Y'all got me in tears because it's obvious how much y'all love each other. I'm glad you're all okay and have each other

@hudsonwhetten4984

2 ай бұрын

I did the same, and out of all the podcast episodes, this is the only one i've felt the need to watch on youtube

Being an Iraq and Afghanistan vet, nothing is harder to deal with then having a friend that is in bad shape, things going downhill fast, and to hear them asking and telling you to tell their wife and kids that they are sorry for dying and that they love them and tell my mom and dad that I love them. Most made it home but some didn’t. No matter the outcome that sticks with you for a while, but with time it gets better. Hang in there Steph it’ll get better. Great podcast and amazing guests.

@Halcyon1861

20 күн бұрын

That doesn't have anything to do with this podcast. Maybe you need to go talk to someone about it and not KZread comments.

Things I learned from this podcast, otters can be vicious little fuckers and Steve is the Oprah of the outdoor world.

@terryPratt-re4du

2 ай бұрын

saying Steve and oprah in the same breath is outrageous.

@schristiansen3151

2 ай бұрын

And YOU get an Otter trap, and YOU get an Otter trap, and YOU get an Otter trap...🤣

@frankiejerardenno2678

27 күн бұрын

You have to be prepared for wildlife or death occurrences can and do happen in this world, it's not fake or scripted,death happens all the time- in the words of my boy scouts say " be prepared "❤

What an amazing story, these ladies are awesome examples of friends.

I saw a documentary years ago about an otter rehabilitation center, and they explained how once the otters reach puberty, the handlers need to be extremely careful, and many need to completely stay physically away from the otters, because they are incredibly aggressive and dangerous. Even to the people that have raised them by hand from babies. Otters are NO JOKE, and people have no idea how dangerous they are.

Hope you guys see this, it would be super interesting to get the landowner Doug on the phone to hear his take on what happened.

@butchssurvivorranch360

Ай бұрын

Side note 📝 he was found with a WET OTTER 🦫 ONESY in his truck and was charged with ASS-AULT 😂 👍

Man, I loved this episode. Thank you Jennifer, Stephanie and Leila for sharing your experience with us. Probably going to bring a divers knife with me during our floats this summer. Definitely gives me pause bringing my kids with me on a remote river now. But I appreciate how y’all are getting back in the river on the anniversary. Way to work through the trauma! I hate that even in these comments there is negativity towards you guys and your story. It needs to be told! Wild animals protect their territory and especially young adults need to be educated about the risks of recreation.

@kbc1883

Ай бұрын

Yes, definitely a divers knife strapped on and possibly a waterproof canister of pepper/bear spray for aggressive people, dogs, and wild animals, just like when fishing with waders. I also bring a hiking first aid kit in the drybag and wear a whistle and a PLB on my life vest. And yes, we always wear PFDs! Don’t want an otter to be able to hold me down!

thank you Steve, Yani , Jennifer, Stephanie and Leila for a great interveiw and sharing your story, glad to hear you are all ok and moving on with living your lives , all our ours prayers were answered on your recovery . this interveiw was the best thing to happen for you all because you all needed to talk about it and share the whole story , this will increase your inner healing and let it go. we never forget the experience but as your friend said dont let it control your life , God Bless you all ,

Great interview. Stephanie is definitely suffering from PTSD. She’s describing exactly how you feel when you’re in combat and lose friends. She was bringing back some strong feelings and memories for me. Keep up the fight Stephanie, you did good and were where you were supposed to be.

Great episode, try not to let negative comments get to you. You three girls are awesome, better than any city girls ive ever met!

Personally I would love to see forest galante on this podcast!

@Sgt.Suckdown

2 ай бұрын

Yessir! That’d be awesome

@northernutahoutdoors1657

2 ай бұрын

I think with the foraging, spearfishing, and conservation aspects of forest it would make for a great podcast

@MrThatnativeguy

2 ай бұрын

What about the layman Retep?

@northernutahoutdoors1657

2 ай бұрын

@@MrThatnativeguy I’m honestly not a fan of the other 2 fellas

@WildSideOfLifeYT

2 ай бұрын

100%!! Forest would be an awesome guest could probably teach steve a thing or two! Especially about spearfishing!

The people otter know the truth. Thanks for sharing this story.

@andrewmiller1761

2 ай бұрын

Get out 😂

@kungfooish

2 ай бұрын

Well done

@user-wy4su1kh5n

2 ай бұрын

Youre a dad arent you

Man that's crazy there was such a negative response from people. When I first heard the story I thought "that sounds f*cking terrifying" but I also know how savage nature is and I bet most those other folks have no idea.

You ladies are boss, both for sharing the excruciating details of the story, and for being vulnerable with the trauma you experienced. It takes courage to be open about trauma struggles.

3 AMAZING women.. Thank you Steve Rinella. Their story NEEDS to be told. Everyone thinks an otter is this juvenile, hand raised, socialized creature and that their curious, loving behavior often portrayed on the internet is the norm. Heads high ladies.. you are all tremendously brave and GORGEOUS!

@AlottaDixonCider

2 ай бұрын

Sure, that’s why they’re single

Thank you for sharing. At 57, we travel with our camper and do some fun stuff, in the middle of nowhere. Lilia, your thoughts and actions feel like training for me. I can't imagine the conversations during those 53 minutes. And Janis, I wasn't anticipating needing tissues either. Thank you to all for this podcast.

Absolutely awesome and touching story. Thank you Meateater!

Very happy that you all are doing great! Mahalo for sharing your experience. It’s so sad that there are people out in the world who would comment negatively about your life changing encounter with these otters. Bless you ladies and your families.

Awesome guests! What a great friendship, best interview I have seen in a long time!

Huge thank you to Stephanie, Jen and Leila for sharing your story, your way. I was laughing and crying along with you the whole way. When i saw Jen reach for Stephanies hand, I was a mess... you 3 are brave, smart, fierce and wonderful. And your friendship is beautiful to see. Thanks Meateater for dojng this interview (and Katie for getting their contact info, and Steve for emailing so persuasively😉)

You got me on this one. You girls are awesome. 👍👍👍

Thanks for sharing the experience. Including how some people are misinformed and are treating you. Some people just don’t get it. The three of you are very strong. I know your words will heal others wounds. God Bless the three of you and your families. Skillet

Great interview and episode!

What a great episode. Excellent! Got me teary eyed a few times.

These ladies r absolutely wonderful. Love each other and watch out for otters.

Holy smokes where’s my box of tissues 😢 What a rough story man, your friend trapped in the river as they watch you fade away….. rescue within eyesight with no way to reach you while you watch the summer grass gently blowing in the wind. Sounds like a damn movie

Man, that's wild! I get why people would be derogatory from just reading a headline, but it's also been my experience that most people only read the headline and form their whole opinion and life view from it. Either way, it sucks that they're having to deal with that!

What a horrific story! Thank you for sharing! The 3 of you are STRONG ladies!

great interview!! i think people see otters as cute and cuddly and wouldn’t hurt anyone, however wild is wild and when animals attack its never going to end well! stay strong ladies and i hope time proves to be the great healer! Sending support and best wishes from Australia ❤️❤️❤️

This was in my humble opinion top 3 for meeteater. These gals remind me so much of my friends circle. Maybe the only difference is alcohol probably would have been a major contributing factor if this were to happen to us. Strictly based on past tubing trips here in northeast California.

Great podcast. Thanks for the story girls, glad you decided to share.

That was an incredible interview. I'm in Michigan and I recall hearing about this and yeah, you laugh about it but I had no idea on the intense encounter that took place. Also, we camp and tube on a well known western Michigan river frequently and although I've never seen any otters, better believe I will be going down next time with a dive knife and keeping my eyes peeled.

Thanks for being brave enough to share your story, ladies. You crushed this.

People really don’t understand how gnarly otters can be. They are basically just big water weasels. The problem is that we as a culture make them look cute and cuddly.

one of the greatest episodes of all time 👍

These are some kick ass ladies what a harrowing story thanks for sharing

You ladies are rockstars! Love your embrace of humour to the situation. Respect your guys comradere for eachother! The single lady is Beautiful, funny and very witty, hope she finds an awesome dude to share her life with! Havent been a huge fan of the non stop guests lately and have lost a bit of interest in the show but really enjoyed these ladys.

Wow this was a very emotional podcast! What heros!

In my many decades in the outdoors. Anything that has sharp teeth is a predator and skilled hunters! These beautiful ladies were very lucky to get out of the water. Y’all women are. BadAsses! And should be very proud of the trifecta of each and every one of your reactions! You did amazing EVERYONE of you. ❤❤❤

Hell of a story. It’s got me shaking my head. Almost at the end of the podcast. Did we ever hear what happened to the otters? I figured someone went in and trapped them. You ladies are badass and I hope for a full recovery of injuries seen and unseen.

I'm glad you did the interview. I understand to some extent what they went through. I do appreciate otters, but I have another level of respect for them without having a bad experience. All it takes is a mauling by an animal.....for most people that's a dog as a child. An otter in the water is on another level.

This was a great episode!

Man that got heavy for a few minutes. This should be in the next close calls series.

One of the best episodes I’ve ever watched

Great show, wonderful ladies.

What a story! People who do not traverse the outdoors have no clue how brutal Nature can be. Most animals can cause serious injuries to humans should an encounter happen. I would have expected the state wildlife agency to be searching the area to find the otter(s) in that section of the river and dispose of them.

Amazing woman, Steve’s matter of fact questions were a giggle, he just puts it out there but doesn’t realise he’s doing it 👍

I’m so glad you had them on

great show. thanks for sharing ladies.

I loved this episode so much.

This was a fantastic podcast. Thsnk you.

What a podcast. 10/10

Wow oh wow, what an insane story! You women are absolutely amazing!

Thank you ladies and best wishes

Wonderful episode!

I think all 3 of you are awesome! I’ve floated with a mottly crew all through our childhood but no scary, life threatening incidents. Closest we came was a glow passing Three Mile Island! 😂 Who knew!? Dang Otters! I remember Les relating the tribe was more afraid of river otters than big cats! 👀

Curious about the bleeping. Did we finally get the podcast's first see you next tuesday?

@NVEMBER

2 ай бұрын

that's what I'm thinking

@JenniferRoyce-xw7mo

2 ай бұрын

Yes you did 😊

@Sethleavescomments

2 ай бұрын

@@JenniferRoyce-xw7mo "Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer." -Mark Twain

@Cdubp01

Ай бұрын

@@JenniferRoyce-xw7mo You three are awesome! So glad you made it out-and thank you so much for sharing your stories with us! I was absolutely glued with intent listening. Btw-the scars are badass!

@JenniferRoyce-xw7mo

Ай бұрын

@@Cdubp01 thank you so much!!

Otters keep Jaguars at bay in the amazon. Brutal

What a strong group of gals. My friends and I go floating all the time and never once had I thought about the possible danger of an Otter attack. I've always heard they can be pretty vicious. Keep keeping each other strong and thank god you had each other.

I’ve never seen or heard of a giant river otter until this pod! Far cry from the adorable sea otters I’m used to. So wild. Still can’t fathom how huge this thing was it’s terrifying. I’m so glad everyone’s ok

Way to go, ladies. Glad y'all are doing well. As for the jackasses who insulted them on the internet- I am pretty sure most of these folks mouth-breathe in front of a computer 20 hours out of the day and the only "outdoor time" these cretins get is an occasional walk to the mailbox.

in "Unforgiven" the guys did the same thing as the story was spread about the Women. Great interview! Thanks for sharing!

Great podcast, great Ladies

Amazing, strong and beautiful women. Stephanie, I wish I was 15 years younger, I love your smile and laugh. Thank you for sharing this story. I can see how difficult it must be to talk about having to re-live in detail. 🤗❤️👍 PS would you like someone to go trap those pesky otters?

Listening their story, I think they’re correct in assuming it was more than one otter. My money is on two otters at least. Especially at the initial encounter when they could see the one otter still at the surface when the one lady was bitten on the rear, under water. And then once chaos broke out, it just sounds like more than one had to have been responsible for so much.

I had no idea you also did a podcast, great job, what a story, FTO glad everyone came out of this ok, Scary stuff tho!

I was attacked by multiple otters 2 years ago while salmon fishing and broke my collar bone in the process of fighting them off and running for my life. Luckily none of them were able to bite any chunks out of me. Now whenever I see an otter I keep my head on a swivel.

"I used to love otters." Don't meet your heroes, kid. Thanks for sharing your story. Glad you were together to get through this.

One of my favorite episodes

What a great group of ladies.

You ladys rock! God bless!!

C great story. Great pod!

I knew I was right to dislike river otters - cute floaty sea otters they are NOT. Vicious aquatic weasels.

@ryanomalley3705

2 ай бұрын

Idk if I'd describe sea otters as cute and floaty. Do u know what they do to each other?

@dangerousdylan6262

2 ай бұрын

​@@ryanomalley3705rape...

@robertwise2032

2 ай бұрын

@@ryanomalley3705 I do. Males commonly kill females and then mate with the corpse. Supposedly they’ve been known to do the same thing to seal pups. Aquatic serial killers.

🦦 Cold-blooded killing machines. Always knew it.

@Plasticjesus504

2 ай бұрын

They are very gnarly man.

Grate podcast 👍

One of the otter stories I've ever heard. Being in the water like that would leave you pretty helpless, they did well. I missed the special episode on the Turks and Caicos jailings, I've been looking since reading the article.

I had to put down my childhood cat, i got the cat 🐈 when I was five. He got so old that his skin and flesh started rotting off. He didn't want to die, I didn't want him to die. I sure as shit didn't want to have to kill him, but he was my cat, my best friend. It was my responsibility. I was old enough to understand. I was old enough with the capabilities and the means to do what my parents were to overwhelmed to take care of. I took care of it. The worst best experience of my life, and one I have taught my kids about but have never made them have to deal with.

Them otters make a wave that is shaped like a killer whale makes when pushing a seal off the ice.they can out swim fish.I’m glad you ladies are safe

Love this amazing show

What a wild story glad they are doing well now

Excellent conversations and for those with negative thoughts about these ladies you obviously didn’t pay attention

Great show !

Does anyone know the podcast name Steven was referring to when he mentioned the fisherman that lost his whole crew at sea and changed his birth day to the day he was rescued? Thank you.

You all are bad ass women. Stay strapped on the river.

That title is wild lol

Mora Companion is about the best value for cost knife. May not have helped in this situation. Always have a knife, a way to make fire and a way to procure water when you’re outdoors. Honestly though, hard to be prepared for this one. Congrats ladies.

I have a guess about why the otter or otters attacked these women. I don't have any knowledge about this incident, but I've swam in the Jefferson River many times in my life. The Jefferson is a fairly large river for SW Montana, and it has a fairly big drainage. By August, this river typically has a low flow because there is almost no snow left in the mountains, and quite a bit of water is taken out of the river for irrigation. Much of the river is pools that are separated by riffles. The Jefferson's flow was approximately 400 cfs on the USGS gage at Three Forks, Montana on 8/2/2023. That's a low flow for a river with a fairly big riverbed. The women said this happened in a spot where the river was relatively deep. I'm thinking that at this low flow, almost every deep spot in the Jefferson River would be quite slow, and most tubers I see just drift at the speed of the current. So, I'm guessing the otter or otters thought these women were a threat because they were going through "the otter's hole" very slowly. I'm not saying I would have done anything differently. If I would have been tubing down the Jefferson with friends on that evening, I certainly wouldn't have said, "Let's paddle through the slow spots quickly so we don't get attacked by otters." In all the times my friends and I were in the Jefferson River, we never did anything to decrease the probability of an otter attack.

Three amazing women.

Steve should get her some stuffed otter carcases and gift them to the victims ❤

I have seen otters while fishing ...I never knew the little guys could be so aggressive !

Saw an otter one morning duck hunting the river and thought of this incident. I already knew otters were little killers, but now I know I'm gonna stay vigilant around the them for sure.

@JenniferRoyce-xw7mo

2 ай бұрын

So happy this helped you be more aware!😊

Gal from island lake by Duluth mn got attacked in a wetsuit while training. Wetsuit is hanging in the island lake inn bar

On a serious note… all the women on TikTok right now saying they would choose a bear over a man need to know about this story. Heart touching while also being terrifying and a lesson on perseverance. That adrenaline when the Hilo landed is that fight to live instinct. Great story of a terrible and dangerous event. Thank you.

Wow! What a story.

I got bit by an octopus on vacation. Didn't think anything of it. Got home and my hand swelled like a balloon. Went to urgent care and they didn't believe me when I told them what happened. The receptionist said she har a dream the night before about an octopus trying to bite her😂

Fishing the West Penobscot river in northern Maine couple weeks ago I was fly fishing and hooked into a 34-35 inche salmon and a otter that had been watching me all day stole it from me, it was crazy!!!!

Where was this again?

Otters look so friendly!

Otters, like raccoons, can be vicious. I have a friend who was duck hunting, along with is Labrador Retriever in the Grasslands in California’s Central Valley. Several otters were trying to attack his Labrador and would’ve killed it if he didn’t get the dog out of the water. The dog was ok, but scary situation. And of course he probably shot the attackers