The perpetrator left irrefutable evidence at the scene.

Randolph EMC added a new one to its list on December 12.

“At 9:55 that morning, a large outage occurred, affecting 377 members in the Eastwood/ Murdocksville area of Moore County. Our crews responded to the outage to find a tree on the three-phase line,” Lambert said. “This, in and of itself, is not unusual. But the reason the tree fell was unusual. One of the expert tree fellers of the animal kingdom — a beaver — turned out to be the culprit.”

The perpetrator left irrefutable evidence at the scene (see photo). Randolph EMC crews responded quickly, however, and power was restored in 37 minutes.