Posted on 02/18/2023 6:46:30 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
A Florida man reportedly fended off a bobcat attack on his daughter’s dog by swinging his fists, clocking the wild animal in the face.
Paul Broadhurst told Fox 32 Orlando that he was walking the dog, Koda, on Feb. 11 in the Stoneybrook neighborhood of East Orlando when the bobcat pounced.
“The bobcat, he clawed into me pretty good, and I end up having to punch the bobcat in the mouth to get it off of me,” Broadhurst said.
“He was walking down the sidewalk that bobcat was just over the top of him. He no sooner got there, and I ripped him off.”
Broadhurst was left with scratches after he tried to pry the animal away from the dog, eventually sending the bobcat scurrying into the tree line.
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I haven’t seen any bobcats in my neighborhood, but there are scores of coyotes and foxes. I am never without a weapon.
Good advice in the article. While walking your dog carry a stick to ear off wild animals OR ANIMALS THAT ARE RABID. Sound advice there
Poor kitty. Bobcats don’t bother me and the foxes don’t either. Coyotes I do watch out for.
The bobcats pop in and out of the storm drains, the foxes stick close to the houses.
Chased down a bobcat once. I was mowing and wearing nothing but cutoffs. I had chickens at the time. Not sure what I was thinking. Taken on bear and yote and hogs, cats are different.
It’s like a knife fight; you must assume you *will* get cut. If you’re OK with that and keep the vitals intact, good to go. Bobcat weighs around 15-25 pounds, so we’re not talking something that can overpower a human.
One of the dumbest things I ever did
My favored walking stick in the woods is a 5 prong pitchfork. Pretty wicked weapon when you’re used to handling one. Was probably 6 years old when first using one to clean livestock pens.
Florida Man!
Everybody’s got a plan until they get punched in the mouth.
~~ Mike Tyson ~~
I was young and bulletproof. Wouldn’t do it again except to save someone, to he’ll with a chicken
Been living in Tampa for 36 years, and haven’t encountered any bobcats, yet.
However, there were reports in the gated private community I live in of a bobcat that had jumped over a fence into our community, and we were all on the alert, but, never found it. After that report, we haven’t had any ducks in our ponds,and we all wonder what happened to them.
And a bobcat can get over 50 lbs around here. Eff you up, even kill you.
This is one time the father is probably glad that he took the dog for a walk rather than the daughter.
Several years ago, in our rural state, a guy went outside to bring in some firewood for the evening. A bobcat jumped out of a tree and attacked him. I recall, as the story goes, he choked the cat to death as it was trying to claw him to death.
The Sheriff’s deputy said that if the man hadn’t being wearing a Carhart long-sleeved shirt, the cat would have probably done some major damage and possibly killed the guy. For Christmas that year, I purchased my husband a Carhart shirt and jacket.
bobcats don’t just prey on small animals- they can and do overpower and kill adult deer-
Pitchfork! Don’t think those are banned y e t.
What kind of self respecting terrier has to have is owner save him from a cat?! Oh, the shame...
Coyotes don't bother me. I've seen many coyotes at night over the years. They come down from the Santa Monica Mountains into parts of Los Angeles. I've had them walk right past me. I once even saw four of them crossing the street.
Small animals and children must beware.
20 years ago, or so, in the nearby mountains, a woman let her dog out and ended up with a bobcat, in her house, when she let the dog in.
Tore her and the dog up, but, good.
There was a whole clan of them in the hollow behind her house.
All rabid.
They got them all.
At least a dozen.
A bobcat can kill an adult human
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