Incident Question
Trail Journals. 2019. Treetrunk. Post from September 9.
Anyone have further information about this incident?
No idea, but here's a link to the post in question:
https://www.trailjournals.com/journal/entry/622642
My first guess a snipe???
apparently the incident happened at "4:20" in the morning...Originally Posted by JNI64
Lol,hahahaha!!
I remember hearing about this a few months ago via FB. The likely culprit was a fisher cat...which is not feline, but rather a member of the weasel family:
https://thetrek.co/a-case-for-leave-...animal-attack/
It is what it is.
Yikes! I doubt any of us plan on getting bit by an animal. Memorable for sure!
Thank you for the link.
Neither link mentioned it but I would be concerned about rabies.
But thankfully that wasn't the case here.
I recall an incident several years ago where a sleeping hiker was bitten on the hand in her sleep by a rabid fox.
It happened at a shelter in TN/NC I think.
A rabid animal is probably my second concern being out for several days, second to ticks . I remember being out for a over nighter locally got to where I was setting up it was super foggy. As soon as I put my pack down on the ground I looked up to see a big fox running straight at me probably 20' away . My heart started racing a bit it got 10' away it looked up and noticed me and then tore off the other way. I was gonna put the pack between us but holy crap that's the last thing I wanna do is have to fight off a rabid animal !
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