Posted on 03/29/2002 8:56:31 PM PST by vikingchick
SANTA ROSA, Calif. (AP)
Sonoma County musician Doug Bowes will remember this Easter season as the one where he happened upon the Easter Bunny, and it attacked him.
Bowes was walking near his home at about 11 a.m. Wednesday when the attack occurred. A small, gray jack rabbit bounded toward him from a nearby fence.
``I thought, 'Gosh, this is somebody's pet,' '' Bowes said. He put his hand down in a friendly gesture and the bunny lunged and bit him.
Bowes began to walk home, nursing a sore hand with broken skin, but the rabbit followed him. A short time later, a nearby neighbor had to retreat up a hill after another aggressive jack rabbit forced her back.
Bowes had to get rabies shots and faces five additional vaccinations, though area health officials say it would be rare if the animal had rabies.
``If it were (rabid) it would make history,'' said David Yong, director of laboratory services for the county public health division. No rabbit has tested positive for rabies in Sonoma County in the past 16 years, Yang said.
Time to call Elmer Fudd(hehehehheheh)....especially if it's duck season...he always shoots the duck...
(Or as Frank Zappa would call them, "weasels that rip my flesh!")
"That's the most foul, cruel, and bad-tempered rodent you ever set eyes on!"
"You tit! I soiled my armour I was so scared!"
"Look, that rabbit's got a vicious streak a mile wide! It's a killer! He'll do you up a treat, mate!"
Nothing a .22 long rifle won't cure. On the other hand, rabbits seem to only attack city people. Is there a message here?
Yeah, that phrase "weasels that rip my flesh" has been a part of my subconscious vocabulary ever since I first heard that Frank Zappa tune. Funny stuff!
I been thinkin'... Killer rabbits? Hey, no problemo, why not sick them Killer Bees on them?
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