[U S Army EOD]

I am wondering if you could shead some light on a disease that rabbits contracted while I was growing up in rual Georgia. It was a disease that we locally called RUBBER RABIES. It would come on them at night especially on dirt roads. Some think it may have been triggered by someone shinning a light on them which caused them to go into the attack mode. The little buggers would then sit right out in the middle of the road and start pawing the the ground fixing to charge. If you weren't fast enough, they would run right up to your pickup truck and BITE OFF YOUR TIRES. To counter this action we used to put one or two people in the back of the pickup armed with shotguns and rifles. Fortunately for us we were always able to gun down the savage rabbits before any harm befell our truck tires.

Have you ever heard of this horrible animal plague spawning on the west coast?

[OldCorps]

The little buggers would then sit right out in the middle of the road and start pawing the the ground fixing to charge. If you weren't fast enough, they would run right up to your pickup truck and BITE OFF YOUR TIRES. ...

Heck, when i was up in Wyoming last year, my son and I were charged by two jackalopes. I actually was gored by one. After that incident, i went to Douglas and got a jackalope hunting license. Jackalopes are much more agressive than any other member of the rabbit family.

[sphinx]

Have you ever heard of this horrible animal plague spawning on the west coast?

Ping this to Jimmy Carter. He had a similar close call in a canoe. Savage little buggers ....

[BullDog108]

Have you ever heard of this horrible animal plague spawning on the west coast?

No I havn't. There is a disease carried in the feces of a certain species of field mice that is pretty nasty, but I havn't heard about a rabbit pathogen. I think Jimmy Carter got attacked by one of those crazy rabbits, IIRC.