Attacked by a rabid coon!

[Lcarlson]

Well, maybe not quite, but as close as I'd care to come. I'm sitting at a picnic table at a local roadside food cart scarfing a burger. One of the food cart guys yells "sir there's a raccoon coming". Does not compute, says I, but I turn around. WHOA, there is indeed a raccoon at twenty feet and clising fast, at least as fast as you can close when you're staggering sideways and your rear legs are collapsing (I would consider my rear legs to be my only legs, but this was a coon). Time to book. Abandoning my gear, but hanging onto my burger, I retreat rapidly, hoping the beast will not pursue me. Fortunately, he doesn't, but staggers off into a local swamp. RIP, Mr. Coon. (Guzzi content: I wasn't riding my Cali, I was riding my Beemer). A disconcerting experience.

[Sasquatch Jim]

 At least you weren't skunked.

[jackson]

It's common in the area where we live to read/hear in the local papers and news stations about raccoons, possums and skunks that are infected with rabies that have come in contact with humans.  Glad to hear that he didn't continue to pursue you; the series of rabies shots if you come in contact are not a pleasant experience.  I know two people who've had to take them.

[RANDM]

See Mr Deppe - THAT'S one of the reasons our Quarantine
Laws are there and even apply people like you.

[Lcarlson]

See Mr Deppe - THAT'S one of the reasons our Quarantine
Laws are there and even apply people like you.

I'm QUARANTINED?

[Rough Edge racing]

It's common in the area where we live to read/hear in the local papers and news stations about raccoons, possums and skunks that are infected with rabies that have come in contact with humans.  Glad to hear that he didn't continue to pursue you; the series of rabies shots if you come in contact are not a pleasant experience.  I know two people who've had to take them.

 It's extremely rare for possums to have rabies. Number one is raccoons........

[oldbike54]

It's extremely rare for possums to have rabies. Number one is raccoons........

 Yep .

 

I'm QUARANTINED?

 Not so much quarantined as we're just keeping an eye on ya 

 Dusty

[Lcarlson]

Yep .

 
 Not so much quarantined as we're just keeping an eye on ya 

 Dusty

Whew -- I just hope I don't end up like Old Yeller....

[Guzzistajohn]

The good news was that no beer was spilled during the incident

[JeffOlson]

That's funny!

When I was a child, we had a pet raccoon, Tiki. He could open cupboard doors, get down a box of cereal, open the box, and eat from it just like we did, with his hands. He could also stand on a piece of furniture by the front door, turn the knob, and open the door. He was a lot of fun.

Today, we don't see many raccoons where we live, but we see a lot of "black and white kittens," you know, the ones our dogs like to play with.

[yogidozer]

I think you are overreacting. The raccoon just wanted a burger to go along with the beer ;-)

[Arizona Wayne]

I think you are overreacting. The raccoon just wanted a burger to go along with the beer ;-)

When you're at Crater Lake, watch out for those chip monks.  1 time I stopped to look @ the Lake and take a picture............ .....set my ice cream cone on the rock ledge...........loo k thru my Nikon F lense and see a CM running for my IC cone    I yelled out, "hey you little fucker!!!"  He was smaller than my cone.  He didn't even stop, grabbed it,  and was gone!   I'd hardly licked it.   

[sib]

When you're at Crater Lake, watch out for those chip monks.  1 time I stopped to look @ the Lake and take a picture............ .....set my ice cream cone on the rock ledge...........loo k thru my Nikon F lense and see a CM running for my IC cone    I yelled out, "hey you little fucker!!!"  He was smaller than my cone.  He didn't even stop, grabbed it,  and was gone!   I'd hardly licked it.   

Technically, those critters running all over the place at Crater Lake are golden mantled ground squirrels.  But they are pesky.

[Tom H]

The good news was that no beer was spilled during the incident

 :1: :1:

[Tom H]

And to try to clear up what you were attacked by:




Tom

[kirby1923]

When I was 10 one of my jobs was to shoot ground squirrels on the ranch near the house.

One day  while shooting the critters, I picked off one and quickly went to retrieve the body but the critter was just dazed and bit me on the hand when I picked him up.

Long story short, I did not tell any one about it but my sister found out and ratted on me . The body an me and mom and sis  went to town (ASAP), to the Dr. and oops..rabid.

14 shots in the stomach, one a day! The needle looked like a sewer pipe.

My mom says after 3 days they had to find out where I was hiding and force me to the doc for a shot.

I figure that experience is what made me so mean in later life. Changed me forever.

I'm not sure they do it that way anymore.

:-(

[ITSec]

Topic: Attacked by a rabid coon!

Um, maybe I'm just old, but having been raised in the South, we don't use phrases like this anymore!

[Arizona Wayne]

Topic: Attacked by a rabid coon!

Um, maybe I'm just old, but having been raised in the South, we don't use phrases like this anymore!

Really...........wh at part of the South were you raised in?

[pehayes]

When I was 10 one of my jobs was to shoot ground squirrels on the ranch near the house.

One day  while shooting the critters, I picked off one and quickly went to retrieve the body but the critter was just dazed and bit me on the hand when I picked him up.

Long story short, I did not tell any one about it but my sister found out and ratted on me . The body an me and mom and sis  went to town (ASAP), to the Dr. and oops..rabid.

Sorry you went through all that.  Who told you the Ground Squirrel was rabid?  The only way to know is to perform microscopic analysis on the animals brain tissue.

From the CDC "Small rodents like squirrels, hamsters, guinea pigs, gerbils, chipmunks, rats, and mice) and lagomorphs including rabbits and hares are almost never found to be infected with rabies and have not been known to transmit rabies to humans."

Patrick Hayes
Fremont CA

[Kent in Upstate NY]

It doesn't matter if the squirrel or any other mammal that bites you is rabid or not. If you can't capture the critter it is safer to assume that it is rabid and get the shots.

[yogidozer]

Topic: Attacked by a rabid coon!

Um, maybe I'm just old, but having been raised in the South, we don't use phrases like this anymore!

What, they don't have rabies in the south?

[sib]

What, they don't have rabies in the south?

Either incredibly naive of a troll.

[yogidozer]

Either incredibly naive of a troll.

Really? I wasn't the one who connected this to race. No one else brought up race either.
But let me get a violin to play a sad sad song

[oldbike54]

 Easy fellas , hard to tell meaning sometimes in the written word . Maybe give each other a brief moment to explain things .

 Dusty

[pete roper]

 :1: An icon I hate but as an outsider I saw no problem with the term and my 'Bigot' radar is fairly highly tuned.

Sure there are unpleasant uses of the word 'Coon', it's used in a derogatory sense here too. But in this case it's simply an abreviation of 'Racoon' surely? To me it's exactly the same as using the term 'Roo to describe a kangaroo.

If it was part of some carpet chewing rant about people with more melanin in their skins I'd imagine the mods would be all over it like a rash but getting upset simply because a word's meaning could be seen as ambiguous if you were drunk as a skunk and didn't read the post in context does strike me at least as a bit 'Over The Top'.

YOMV.

Pete

[oldbike54]

 I am an honorary "Registered Coon Ass" , a title bestowed on me by the Perry boys from Louisiana, no racism implied   

 Dusty

[yogidozer]

I guess the original poster should have used the name Procyon lotor so no one would have been confused.

[oldbike54]

I guess the original poster should have used the name Procyon lotor so no one would have been confused.

 Careful now , we simply won't allow that type of ... Say what ? Oh sorry , my sister says that is the scientific name for a raccoon , sorry .

 Oh , and no , we don't go for racism here , thanks for that 

 Dusty

[yogidozer]

Careful now , we simply won't allow that type of ... Say what ? Oh sorry , my sister says that is the scientific name for a raccoon , sorry .

 Oh , and no , we don't go for racism here , thanks for that 

 Dusty

THAT'S IT!!!! I'm going to report you to the moderator..... oh wait

[oldbike54]

THAT'S IT!!!! I'm going to report you to the moderator..... oh wait

 It's alright , I report myself at least once a month 

 Dusty