Here is a comment from someone who knows the boy and his famiy...
“Come on people. I know this kid and his family, and their house is surrounded by woods. He was playing in his BACK YARD, and the fox approached HIM. He thought this strange, as would I, and picked up a rock and threw it at him to scare him away. Unfortunately, the rock hit the fox and he went nuts. Now, when is the last time a fox approached YOU and you just blew it off? Jesse did nothing wrong, and a fox that attacks a human is sick, and I’d almost guarantee that. It’s not normal behavior for foxes to even approach humans, as they can smell you and hear you before you even know they’re there. So stop judging this 13 year old kid who tried to shoo off a crazy fox and got bitten. Heck, I’d have done the same thing, as I’ve lived in the country on a farm my whole life and know that foxes don’t act this way unless they are sick. And if I would have had a pistol, DEAD FOX. No doubt about rabies then”.
Whoever wrote this is dead on.
I have spent 48 years in the fox-infested mountains and seen maybe 10 or 11 *live* ones [roadkill doesn’t count] in my whole life.
A fox approaching a person, let alone attacking them is a huge, red flag.
The kid should definitely get rabies shots.