Bend Woman Catches 7-Foot Crawdad in Deschutes River

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BEND, Ore. — In what officials are calling “either a miracle or a minor kaiju sighting,” a Bend woman has reportedly reeled in a 7-foot-long crawdad from the Deschutes River.

Sarah Lynn Haverford, 33, said she was enjoying a peaceful afternoon by the river when she felt a “slight tug” on her line that quickly escalated into what she described as “armageddon-level thrashing.”

“I thought I hooked a log,” Haverford said, still visibly shaken but proud. “Then the log started walking sideways and giving me the stink eye.”

After a 40-minute battle involving a fishing pole, two strangers with a kayak, and an entire bag of organic

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