This from the Associated Press via the San Francisco Chronicle:
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. The Yavapai County sheriff’s office said the woman told deputies she was on a trail near Prescott on Monday when the fox attacked and bit her foot.
She said she grabbed the fox by the neck when it went for her leg but it bit her arm.
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.
The sheriff’s office says the fox later bit an animal control officer. He and the woman are both receiving rabies vaccinations.
Sweetheart Stephanie and I were visiting good friends in Prescott, Arizona last May (Hey Julie and Aurora!) as part of a two-week trip to southern Utah and northern Arizona. We didn’t see any foxes, but we did hear some spooky stories about javelinas. (Don’t mess with javelinas!)
I’m going take the high road here and not make any insinuations about John McCain’s history of starting and ending his campaigns in Prescott/getting stomped in yesterday’s election and this unfortunate incident with a rabid Prescott fox.
Pretty tough gal, running a mile with a rabid fox on her arm.
I got bit on the foot by a centipede when I lived on Kaua’i. It hurt like hell.
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