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A sea otter is harassing Santa Cruz surfers at legendary Steamer Lane, biting riders and stealing surfboards in a repeat of incidents from two years ago.

Authorities cannot confirm if it’s the notorious otter known as 841, whose flipper tag may have fallen off or been chewed away.

It’s been two years since a Santa Cruz sea otter, known as 841, garnered international attention and celebrity by attacking surfers and their surfboards as the human wave-riders alley-ooped over the waves of the legendary Steamer Lane.

It’s happening again.

This time, the identity of the otter is unclear. That’s because while 841 (who was born in captivity) carried a light blue tag on her right flippe

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