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Old 04-20-2021, 09:51 AM
 
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Scary situation.

https://www.wect.com/2021/04/16/watc...fe-wild-video/

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Friday, April 9, was quite the morning for one couple in Pender County.

Home security video shows Kristi and Happy Wade walking to their SUV at their home in the Creekside subdivision in Burgaw.

It was early in the morning and the two were taking their senior cat, Caroline Faith, to the veterinarian.

Happy offers a quick “good morning” to a neighbor jogging by and comments that he “really needs to wash his car.”

Seconds later, a wild bobcat can be seen running across the street, growling and then attacking Kristi from behind. She screams, “Oh my god” and tells Happy to run away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uETb0VdZFP4
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Old 04-20-2021, 10:11 AM
 
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I saw this!! Totally crazy. I think it ended up being killed and it had rabies
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Old 04-20-2021, 10:13 AM
 
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that is a hell of a way to start your day.

i believe rabies has an insanely high fatality rate.
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Old 04-20-2021, 10:25 AM
 
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that is a hell of a way to start your day.

i believe rabies has an insanely high fatality rate.
Yep, if you don't get the rabies shot in time!

Definitely a scary situation. The cat looked sort of calm when the guy was holding it prior to throwing it (though I doubt it was, but I can't see too well from the distance in the video).
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Old 04-20-2021, 12:50 PM
 
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..........i believe rabies has an insanely high fatality rate.
Only one or two people have survived it, and not without permanent side effects. However, both the vaccine and the post exposure treatment are really good. This couple won't get rabies because they have both started the series of rabies shots that will prevent the virus from taking hold.

But a terrifying experience none the less.
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Old 04-20-2021, 01:21 PM
 
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Great response from everyone involved. Situation like that, as the guy said, not normal at all, classic symptom of rabies, unfortunately.
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Old 04-20-2021, 02:39 PM
 
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Only one or two people have survived it, and not without permanent side effects. However, both the vaccine and the post exposure treatment are really good. This couple won't get rabies because they have both started the series of rabies shots that will prevent the virus from taking hold.

But a terrifying experience none the less.
Was the Rabies vaccine updated by Bill Gates with the same chip?
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Old 04-20-2021, 03:12 PM
 
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That guy looks like he could make the U.S. Olympic Bobcat-Throwing Team...
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Old 04-20-2021, 03:26 PM
 
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I was finally able to watch the video with sound. That sound the bobcat made as it attacked the wife
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Old 04-20-2021, 04:03 PM
 
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Great video footage.
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