Man Attacked by Rabid Bobcat Strangles Animal to Death With Bare Hands
There seems to be a rabies problem in them thar parts:
Officials at the Arizona Game and Fish Department say a Yavapai County man was attacked by a rabid bobcat on Monday. Rather than panic, he strangled it with his bare hands...the attack happened in the front yard of his Crown King Trail home....that was very advantageous because the animal wasn't out potentially exposing other people to rabies...
...Chino Valley woman was attacked by a fox while she was jogging. The fox bit down on her arm and wouldn't let go, so the woman kept jogging for about a mile and a half, with the fox clamped into her flesh.She finally reached her car with the fox still attached, where she managed to pry the thing off and put it in the trunk. It was later determined that the maniac fox had rabies.
Ok....in the trunk!?! That's AWESOME!!
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Holy crap! That's hardcore.
The strangling of the bobcat is the right strategy... as anyone who has ever wrestled with a feline knows, they can't protect their necks worth a damn. They're just not built to.
The fox thing though... a half mile? You have to wonder if she only pried it off because it would've gotten in the way of the dash while driving.
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That can't have been fun. You can feel the power even in a domestic cat when they want to be let go or when they latch on. You could get ripped up brutally in that situation, even if it ended quickly.
Yeah, driving with a fox attached to you would be awkward!
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Yeah cats are damn strong. Bobcats aren't really a lot bigger than some domestic cats (Crunch) but they're not likely to be slouches.