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A New York woman fought off an aggressive rabid fox in her front yard on July 25 and said that she feared being "eaten alive" during the attack.

Sherri Russo, a retired nurse from Caroline, New York, was attacked by the rabid fox and suffered 16 wounds from the incident.

The 61-year-old said that she thought the fox was her neighbors dog.
Sherri Russo was pounced on and repeatedly bitten by the crazed animal as she desperately tried to kick and shake it off.

Sherri Russo was pounced on and repeatedly bitten by the crazed animal as she desperately tried to kick and shake it off.

"When I got the first nip on the outside of my leg, I actually thought it was our neighbor's dog," Russo said. "I lifted my leg and was getting ready to say 'hey, what are you doing?' and shoo him away, but I looked down, and I saw this grey fox."


"He was a little guy, but he was just relentless, he just kept coming back and each time he did I started to lose a little more confidence in my ability to ward him off," Russo said.
A retired nurse thought she was going to be 'eaten alive' when she was attacked by a rabid fox in her own front yard in broad daylight - leaving her too frightened to leave her house for a week.

A retired nurse thought she was going to be 'eaten alive' when she was attacked by a rabid fox in her own front yard in broad daylight - leaving her too frightened to leave her house for a week.

Russo said that she realized something "bad was going to happen" after the fox kept coming back. Video surveillance shows that she threw the fox on the ground multiple times, but it kept coming back.

"When I reached down to grab him off my leg and yank him away, that's when he took a hold of between my thumb and my forefinger, and he just chomped down on me," she said.

Sherri Russo suffered several wounds after a rabid fox attacked her in her yard.

Her neighbor eventually stepped in and "grabbed a stick" to hit the rabid fox with, and that is when the fox stopped the attack.

"Once the fox saw him get close to me, he just decided that he was just going to regroup and think of somebody else to go attack because that's when he took off," Russo said. "I just thank God that my neighbor turned up. I can't get over how kind it was for him to not look the other way or pretend he didn't hear anything. I'll be forever grateful for that."

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Paying no attention and yapping on her phone. Good example of poor situational awareness. Probably would have made limited difference. Give her credit for not dropping the phone.
 
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Paying no attention and yapping on her phone. Good example of poor situational awareness. Probably would have made limited difference. Give her credit for not dropping the phone.

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"The 61-year-old said that she thought the fox was her neighbors dog."

What does the fox say?


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No mention of her starting anti-rabies treatment.


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Yeah, I don’t think I would have seen that coming. I saw a cat go ballistic on someone loke that before. Wild how strong a little animal can be.


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From the link.

The fox tested positive for rabies and Russo received a rabies vaccine and antibiotics




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From the link.

The fox tested positive for rabies and Russo received a rabies vaccine and antibiotics


Thanks, I should have read the whole story.


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...a retired nurse from Caroline, New York, was attacked by the rabid fox and suffered 16 wounds from the incident...


Slight thread drift: I grew up in Central NY about ten miles north of her. Caroline is a small rural town about five miles east of Ithaca, the home of Cornell University.
 
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...a retired nurse from Caroline, New York, was attacked by the rabid fox and suffered 16 wounds from the incident...


Slight thread drift: I grew up in Central NY about ten miles north of her. Caroline is a small rural town about five miles east of Ithaca, the home of Cornell University.


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Dryden? Groton?


Cortland. I left NY 35+ years ago. My family is/are all somewhere else now too.

RR, check your email in a few hours.

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...a retired nurse from Caroline, New York, was attacked by the rabid fox and suffered 16 wounds from the incident...


Slight thread drift: I grew up in Central NY about ten miles north of her. Caroline is a small rural town about five miles east of Ithaca, the home of Cornell University.

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Cortland. I left NY 35+ years ago.


Like Ron I escaped NY long ago. In my case in the early '70s. I grew up in Fayetteville just east of Syracuse.

RR where are you at?



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I worry about this with wolves up at our lake place. We have a strong population of them. Recently we have a lone one hanging around. I’ve spotted him several times just on the outskirts of our property. My neighbor seen him standing on the road just behind our place. He doesn’t show much fear of anyone. Don’t know if he’s been kicked out of a pack for some reason or is sick. He looks healthy.

Seen a video once of a guy being attacked by a rabid coyote that attacked him while he was on his riding mower. Crazy stuff.


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The fox is pressing charges and the woman has been arrested. Wink
 
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From my limited understanding, foxes are not typically aggressive, are they?


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From my limited understanding, foxes are not typically aggressive, are they?


Both Foxes and Coyotes are unpredictable from what I've see. Most will go away around humans but not all the time. They really went after chickens and rabbits on Great Grandpa farm sometimes. I'm talking about thrill killing.
 
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Damn, and didn't even drop the phone! At the end, it looked like what it really wanted was her shoe!




 
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So, this is pure “farm boy” thinking, but I think animals “know” we are supposed to be stewards.

I’ve had several sick wild animals come right up to me. As have other farm boy friends.

I think they seek man out, to be put down. Maybe they seek anything which smells like a meat eater.
 
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