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#154418 - 11/05/08 11:57 PM Beware of wildlife!
Arney Offline
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Registered: 09/15/05
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This news story sounds almost like a bad comedy sketch. A woman was attacked by a rabid fox while jogging and she ran a mile back to her car with the animal clamped onto her arm the whole way. Then she drove herself to the hospital. Can you imagine what was going through her mind during all this? Hope she's OK.

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#154420 - 11/06/08 12:04 AM Re: Beware of wildlife! [Re: Arney]
Desperado Offline
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Registered: 11/01/08
Posts: 1530
Loc: DFW, Texas
Originally Posted By: Arney
This news story sounds almost like a bad comedy sketch. A woman was attacked by a rabid fox while jogging and she ran a mile back to her car with the animal clamped onto her arm the whole way. Then she drove herself to the hospital. Can you imagine what was going through her mind during all this? Hope she's OK.


Yeah, she was thinking "What a nice looking new neck warmer"
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#154431 - 11/06/08 02:18 AM Re: Beware of wildlife! [Re: Desperado]
UncleGoo Offline
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Registered: 12/06/06
Posts: 390
Loc: CT
She's lucky that no one threw red paint on her for wearing fur...
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#154457 - 11/06/08 01:54 PM Re: Beware of wildlife! [Re: UncleGoo]
benjammin Offline
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Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
"Nothing like a good piece of hickory".

Whether running, hiking, walking, biking, whatever, I always have at least a walking stick with me, and this is one reason why. Rabid fox clamped onto stick is much preferable to clamped onto arm. If stick gets rabies, I will put it down and get another.

Now comes the needle in the belly routine for a while.
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#154462 - 11/06/08 02:35 PM Re: Beware of wildlife! [Re: ]
LumpyJaw Offline
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Registered: 08/04/07
Posts: 87
Loc: Virginia, USA
Quote:
"Nothing like a good piece of hickory".


Pale Rider?

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#154463 - 11/06/08 03:00 PM Re: Beware of wildlife! [Re: Arney]
OldBaldGuy Offline
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Registered: 09/30/01
Posts: 5695
Loc: Former AFB in CA, recouping fr...
I a mile she couldn't find one nice sized rock to smack that little guy with???
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#154469 - 11/06/08 03:49 PM Re: Beware of wildlife! [Re: OldBaldGuy]
CANOEDOGS Offline
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Registered: 02/03/07
Posts: 1853
Loc: MINNESOTA

i just read the whole story on another site..she was jogging and saw it in a clearing..backed away and in got her by the leg,tried to strangle it and it got her arm..back at the car she
got it off and wrapped it in a shirt..tossed in trunk..both her and the wildlife officer who was involved --and got bit--got shots..thats the first rabid animal story i have see i awhile..
i could see that the run to the car was a better choice than fighting with it in the field..wraping it up..taking it with her..all cool thinking dispite a crazed fox snapping away at you.

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#154470 - 11/06/08 04:04 PM Re: Beware of wildlife! [Re: CANOEDOGS]
Hikin_Jim Offline
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Registered: 10/12/07
Posts: 1804
Loc: Southern California
Tough chick. Someone should invite her to the ETS forum...
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#154473 - 11/06/08 04:22 PM Re: Beware of wildlife! [Re: Hikin_Jim]
Arney Offline
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Registered: 09/15/05
Posts: 2485
Loc: California
Originally Posted By: Hikin_Jim
Tough chick. Someone should invite her to the ETS forum...

Yeah. Anyone who has the presence of mind to want to keep the animal so it can be tested for rabies...well, she's tougher than me. I probably would've run away screaming like a little girl (no offense to little girls). wink

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#154478 - 11/06/08 05:13 PM Re: Beware of wildlife! [Re: NightHiker]
benjammin Offline
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Carpal Tunnel

Registered: 02/06/04
Posts: 4020
Loc: Anchorage AK
Well, that's good news. I don't like them long needles no-how.
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