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Man Attacked by Bobcat
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Posted on 09/14/2009 11:38:58 PM PDT by Chet 99
Story Updated: Sep 14, 2009 at 5:23 PM CDT
It's been confirmed by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources that the animal that attacked a Hermantown man over the weekend was almost certainly a bobcat.
Gary Lucia was attacked in his garage by a bobcat while trying to defend his pet ducks and geese.
Lucia has set up several traps in the woods around Lucia's house to prevent the animal from returning to do any more damage.
Bobcats are fairly common in the Northland but rarely attack people.
The nocturnal cats are about two times the size of an average house cat.
They have large paws and short tails and can weigh up to 45 pounds.
Cloquet DNR Wildlife expert Rich Staffon gave some advice on how to avoid injury if you come in contact with a bobcat.
TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bobcat; kittyping; wildlife
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posted on
09/14/2009 11:38:58 PM PDT
by
Chet 99
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posted on
09/14/2009 11:39:37 PM PDT
by
Chet 99
To: Chet 99
Are they sure it wasn't this bobcat?
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posted on
09/14/2009 11:52:29 PM PDT
by
LukeL
(Yasser Arafat: "I'd kill for a Nobel Peace Prize")
To: Chet 99
Twice the size of a house cat? How many 22.5 lb house cats have you seen lately? Plus a 22 pound cat would be fat, a Bob cat is heavily muscled and stronger pound for pound than a house cat. One could easily kill a human if it had a mind to, but lucky for us they tend to attack animals smaller than they are.
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posted on
09/14/2009 11:59:10 PM PDT
by
calex59
(FUBO, we want our constitution back and we intend to get it!)
To: calex59
"Plus a 22 pound cat would be fat"
I'm not fat, I'm big boned.
To: Chet 99
Who the heck wrote that travesty of proper grammar?
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posted on
09/15/2009 12:41:17 AM PDT
by
wastedyears
(The best aid we could ever give Africa would be thousands of rifles to throw out their own dictators)
To: Chet 99
“...advice on how to avoid injury if you come in contact with a bobcat.”
Feed it. Like all cats, it will be forever yours!
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:00:59 AM PDT
by
SatinDoll
(NO Foreign Nationals as our President!!)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:09:43 AM PDT
by
Jemian
To: Jemian
Rabies From the Article: "Gary Lucia was attacked in his garage by a bobcat while trying to defend his pet ducks and geese"
Not Rabies, Buffet.
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:14:05 AM PDT
by
Grizzled Bear
("Does not play well with others.")
To: Grizzled Bear
Yeah, you’re right. There was a reason. Lucia was preventing the cat from his supper.
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:17:26 AM PDT
by
Jemian
To: Chet 99
[...] gave some advice on how to avoid injury if you come in contact with a bobcat.Once again the same elixir applies: Big-ass dog, big-ass gun. I dunno why this is so hard for folks to understand.
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:29:30 AM PDT
by
roamer_1
(It takes a (Kenyan) village to raise an idiot.)
To: Jemian; All
We have windows separating the outside bobcats from our inside cats...:^)
The bobcat knows a nice, juicy meal when she sees it...:^)
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posted on
09/15/2009 1:37:09 AM PDT
by
az_gila
(AZ - need less democrats - one Governor down... more to go.)
To: az_gila
That is an amazing photo.
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posted on
09/15/2009 2:00:15 AM PDT
by
Jemian
To: death2tyrants
Problem is the piss water the Cat drinks.
A good Deshutes or Widmer Ale would have that cat top hat.
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posted on
09/15/2009 2:41:33 AM PDT
by
Global2010
(Strange We Can Believe In)
To: roamer_1
Nail Gun would been cool in this application too.
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posted on
09/15/2009 2:43:48 AM PDT
by
Global2010
(Strange We Can Believe In)
To: LukeL
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posted on
09/15/2009 2:52:56 AM PDT
by
Daffynition
(If you believe you can tell me what to think, I believe I can tell you where to go.)
To: Chet 99
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posted on
09/15/2009 3:02:50 AM PDT
by
elcid1970
("O Muslim! My bullets are lubricated in pig grease!")
To: Chet 99
Lilith say's never corner a Bobcat, they're a whole lot of arse whippin in a little package.
To: Global2010
Nail Gun would been cool in this application too.Heh. Or a welder's glove and a cheese grater... The point being that the big dog would have changed the dynamic completely without getting one's fingernails dirty... The big gun is just in case there is a female dog in heat down the block... :D
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posted on
09/15/2009 7:50:14 AM PDT
by
roamer_1
(It takes a (Kenyan) village to raise an idiot.)
To: calex59
I’ve heard of Canadian Lynx getting to 45 lbs but not bobcats. Around here a really large bc would be 32 lbs. Still that is a lot of fighting power.
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posted on
09/15/2009 8:45:58 AM PDT
by
Monterrosa-24
( ...even more American than a French bikini and a Russian AK-47.)
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