"Authorities in Arizona say a jogger attacked by a rabid fox ran a mile with the animal's jaws clamped on her arm and then drove herself to a hospital."

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.”

3 thoughts on “"Authorities in Arizona say a jogger attacked by a rabid fox ran a mile with the animal's jaws clamped on her arm and then drove herself to a hospital."

  1. JunglePete

    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.

  2. Dr. Birdcage

    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.

  3. rebecca

    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…

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