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Bushfire Victim Hurt In Freak Wombat Attack
SKY News ^
| 4/6/10
| Adam Arnold
Posted on 04/06/2010 7:07:38 AM PDT by Sax
An Australian man has reportedly killed a wombat with an axe after the animal attacked him and pulled him to the ground in a 20-minute ordeal.
The 60-year-old victim had stepped on the creature which then became "rather nasty" and bit the man's lower legs and arms.
He was brought down by the wombat and also suffered injuries to his chest after finding it outside his caravan door.
The man tried to get away from the creature but it "kept coming at him", said a paramedic.
Eventually he managed to grab an axe and kill the animal, it is claimed.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat; Miscellaneous; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: wombat
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You sir, have offended my honor by placing me beneath your boot! You have left me no other choice than to settle this injury through fist-to-cuffs. Prepare to defend yourself!
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:07:38 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Sax
This'll never happen to me.
No sir.
I've read up on wombats, and I'm prepared.
To: Sax; tx_eggman
Any of you old VAX system users out there ever type the word “wombat” as a line command?
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:12:54 AM PDT
by
SpinnerWebb
(mankind are more disposed to suffer, while evils are sufferable, than to right themselves)
To: Sax
You know alcohol was involved somehow...
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:14:39 AM PDT
by
neodad
(USS Vincennes (CG 49) "Freedom's Fortress")
To: Sax
Sounds like the man provoked the animal.
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:15:48 AM PDT
by
bgill
(The framers of the US Constitution established an entire federal government in 18 pages.)
To: Sax
I wonder what sort of enchantments were on that wombat. ;)
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:17:40 AM PDT
by
allmendream
(Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
To: Responsibility2nd
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:17:55 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Sax
The 60-year-old victim had stepped on the creature which then became "rather nasty" and bit the man's lower legs and arms. I hear that wombat bites can be rather nasti.
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:21:06 AM PDT
by
OB1kNOb
(When injustice becomes law, resistance becomes duty. - Thomas Jefferson)
To: Sax
Did the day shift fix the headline?
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:24:24 AM PDT
by
NonValueAdded
("The real death threat is their legislation" Rush Limbaugh, 3/25/10)
To: NonValueAdded
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:26:06 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Sax
Its really hard fo rme to believe this story - really.
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:27:04 AM PDT
by
ZULU
To: ZULU
Hey! Pick me up! Stop! I've been attacked by a wombat! No, really!
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:28:30 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: Sax
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:34:27 AM PDT
by
theymakemesick
(Full of hatred for those that disagree, liberal democrats are the most intolerant bigots on Earth)
To: Sax
The man is now a wounded wombat veteran...
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:34:35 AM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Sax
Bushfire Victim Hurt In Freak Wombat AttackBushfire's fault!
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:36:06 AM PDT
by
TruthShallSetYouFree
(Barack Obama: Government:: Bernie Madoff: Finance)
To: Sax
Well?....He stepped on him!....I’d bite him too!
To: Sax
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:38:57 AM PDT
by
dead
(I've got my eye out for Mullah Omar.)
To: All
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:40:15 AM PDT
by
Squidpup
("Fight the Good Fight")
To: dead; OB1kNOb
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posted on
04/06/2010 7:40:18 AM PDT
by
Sax
To: SpinnerWebb
So let’s each send a rabid wombat to the White House.
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