Woman chokes rabid raccoon: 75-year-old kills violent raccoon after it attacked her
- 9 years ago
A 75-year-old Virginia woman choked to death a rabid racoon after it bit her on the leg.
Cas Overton, of Henrico County close to Richmond, was taking a stroll through the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens doing some bird watching when an aggressive racoon ran up to her and bit her on the leg.
"I tried to shake it off and realized how violent it was," said Overton. "As I moved backward away from it, I grabbed its neck and I knew that I couldn't get away from it. If I ran, it would be faster than I would and would just tear me to pieces.
"So I threw it on the ground and I strangled it with both hands. I am a terrific animal lover. It's the last thing in the world I would ever have wanted to do, but you know self-preservation kicks in, and I guess a primitive part of my brain just went into operation and that was it," Overton said.
Tests results reported on Tuesday confirmed that the raccoon had rabies.
Overton was taken to the hospital where she started a series of shots to prevent rabies infection.
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Cas Overton, of Henrico County close to Richmond, was taking a stroll through the Lewis Ginter Botanical Gardens doing some bird watching when an aggressive racoon ran up to her and bit her on the leg.
"I tried to shake it off and realized how violent it was," said Overton. "As I moved backward away from it, I grabbed its neck and I knew that I couldn't get away from it. If I ran, it would be faster than I would and would just tear me to pieces.
"So I threw it on the ground and I strangled it with both hands. I am a terrific animal lover. It's the last thing in the world I would ever have wanted to do, but you know self-preservation kicks in, and I guess a primitive part of my brain just went into operation and that was it," Overton said.
Tests results reported on Tuesday confirmed that the raccoon had rabies.
Overton was taken to the hospital where she started a series of shots to prevent rabies infection.
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