I post this not because I think it’s funny, but because it’s impressive this poor woman had the presence of mind to do this: “The woman wanted the animal tested for rabies so she ran a mile to her car with the fox still biting her arm, then pried it off and tossed it in her trunk and drove to the Prescott hospital.”
That’s standard protocol when attacked by a rabid animal. Never remove the animal unless in the presence of a medical professional. Then you can beat it over the head. The animal. Not the medical professional.
Did you hear This American Life last weekend? They had a story about a woman attacked by a rabid raccoon in upstate New York…. her husband and son had to beat it over fifty times with a tire iron to kill it. It was sooooo scary.
I haven’t listened to this american life yet, but a friend just mentioned it to me – is that the one where they then had a fight w their insurance company to get rabies shots?
That led to a discussion over whether an alligator or snake would get rabies from eating rabid animals, which leads us back to junglepete. That didn’t sound right…