Woman Attacked by Rabid Raccoon, Drowns it in Handy Puddle

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OK, I ran across this and had to post it...

Maine, USA — While running on a narrow wooded trail, 21-year-old Rachel Borch reportedly met up with a raccoon, which lunged at her and attacked. Apparently there was quite a frenzy of ferocity from the fearless beast.


‘Imagine the Tasmanian devil,’ she said. ‘It was terrifying.’


I’m impressed that a young lady knows what the Tasmanian Devil is. Kudos.


When she tried to restrain the attacking animal, the nasty gnashing ‘coon glommed onto her and locked its jaws onto her thumb, frantically scratching at her all the while. Without two free hands, Rachel was unable to choke the life out of the murderous mammal. After she noticed that she’d dropped her phone into a puddle, she decided the thing to do was drown the writhing rascal.


‘I didn’t think I could strangle [the raccoon] with my bare hands,’ she said, so, ‘with my thumb in its mouth, I just pushed its head down into the muck.’

As you can imagine, the raccoon kept scratching at her — but while it still held life, it refused to let go of her thumb.


Borch said she held it there for what felt like an eternity until finally it stopped struggling and ‘its arms sort of fell to the side, its chest still heaving really slowly.’

I’ve never killed an animal with my bare hands. I’m a vegetarian. It was self-defense.

I always thought of raccoons as this cute, cuddly forest animal. I just will never look at them the same way.



http://www.alloutdoor.com/2017/06/20/woman-attacked-rabid-raccoon-drowns-handy-puddle/
 
And they hurt like hell.
 
She is ready to be converted!

Someone needs to explain to her about gun = self-defense. The rest will follow naturally!
 
Those shots are exspensive.

Cheaper by far than the consequences.

Typically administered IM in the shoulder (or thigh for small children).

I'll bet anti-vaxxers don't begrudge this one.

Interesting...google-fu shows that there's a pellet version for oral vaccination to produce "herd immunity" in wild animals. Essentially, they spread it around to let wildlife eat it and immunize critters as a preventative measure or to contain rabies outbreaks. Fascinating...I didn't know that.


EDIT:

Here's a link on cost:

http://health.costhelper.com/rabies-vaccine.html

$500 to $1,200 (without insurance), which includes the doctor's consultation fees, etc.
 
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She is ready to be converted!

Someone needs to explain to her about gun = self-defense. The rest will follow naturally!

"After the attack, Rachel went out and ate a 32 ounce porterhouse for two at Lonestar steakhouse, she was quoted later saying: "I get it now, the human animal separation, the whole domininion over them thing. I've also realized these fuzzy bastards are g°dd@ππ€d delicious!"
 
"After the attack, Rachel went out and ate a 32 ounce porterhouse for two at Lonestar steakhouse, she was quoted later saying: "I get it now, the human animal separation, the whole domininion over them thing. I've also realized these fuzzy bastards are g°dd@ππ€d delicious!"
I'm hunger-in after reading this.
 
Let's see the thumb and arm. I've been around coons. That arm and thumb would look like chopped steak if she had drowned a coon. Ever seen a dogs face after an encounter with a coon? They don't play possumm.


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One of my previous dogs had a missing piece of ear from dealing with a coon. But, this one was rabid, so no telling what condition it was in.
 
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Would've been really cool if she channeled Will Smith and said "Don't start no shit, won't be no shit" after drowning his furry little ass...

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