Posted on 06/24/2010 8:46:47 PM PDT by nickcarraway
A man is recovering after he said he was attacked by a raccoon in his own garage.
Mike Kidwell says he was working on his boat when the raccoon came into the garage and "went nuts."
"It tried to extend its front paws," Kidwell said. He jumped up on his washing machine in an attempt to get away, he added.
The raccoon was still able to scratch Kidwell and he called 911.
While answering questions, Kidwell appeared to have blood on the sleeves of his white tee-shirt.
Impressive raccoon. I gave up trying to teach the cat to call 911.
Yup! Who knew raccoons had phones?
This one sounds like a candidate for being rabid.
;o)
If the raccoon did that, the first thing I would be thinking of is that it had rabies! I hope the man is aware of that possibility.
Coons are nasty as snot, and effecient predators of all kinds of small animals and farm fowl....I hate coons. Also big carrier of rabies as this coon was not acting normal in that it attack a human...
Same here. Raccoons that are out in daylight, and that approach people, are likely to be rabid. Hope he has good medical attention.
Mr. Kidwell, meet Mr.Syringe.
You two will be seeing a lot of each other.
;-(
My first thought too.
I’ve been doing nightly battle with several coons who have discovered they enjoy Meow Mix.
After throwing pots, lids, water jugs, water itself, and a variety of silverware, I’ve decided to step up the battle and use bait. I just wonder which they’ll enjoy more: .17 Mach 2 or .17HMR?
Off with its head!!
(The raccoon's, that is. IIRC, the standard test for rabies requires killing the suspect animal and examining its brain.)
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