A friend thought this was worth sharing and so do I:

“There’s a strange odor in the living room,” my daughter, a first-time mom with a newborn and an acute sense of smell, said. I knew at once that the crawlspace of our vacation rental had been homesteaded by some critter. Rats? Raccoons? I fervently hoped it would not be otters.

Pest control confirmed that a large animal had been making a lair. Not rats.

There was evidence of an entrance under the house. We closed it, blocked other potential ones and set up a surveillance camera.. That night we got video of a river otter going under...