By Free Republic | Created at 2024-12-29 01:33:58 | Updated at 2024-12-29 17:55:22
16 hours ago
Child hospitalized after raccoon attack inside Idaho home, officials say
NBC ^ | December 28, 2024
Posted on 12/28/2024 5:17:29 PM PST by george76
The raccoon tested negative for rabies. Officials do not know how it got into the home..
A child was hospitalized after a raccoon attack inside the family's home...
The incident happened on Monday in Cassia County after the child's mom had just returned home with the infant still in the carrier...
The mother then heard a loud noise in the home and ran to the infant to find a raccoon attacking him..
“The mother found a raccoon attacking her infant. She was able to grab the animal to stop the attack,” ..
The child was taken to the Cassia Regional Hospital and then transferred to a hospital in Salt Lake City for further treatment,..
After the hospital drop-off, the child's father along with a Cassia County Sheriff's deputy returned to the home, found the raccoon still inside and killed it, ...
The raccoon tested negative for rabies. Officials do not know how it got into the home.
TOPICS: Conspiracy; Pets/Animals; Weird Stuff
KEYWORDS: attack; home; idaho; idahohome; rabies; raccoon; raccoonattack
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1 posted on 12/28/2024 5:17:29 PM PST by george76
To: george76
2 posted on 12/28/2024 5:18:10 PM PST by heavy metal (smiling improves your face value and makes people wonder what the hell you're up to... 😁)
To: george76
Maybe it has been living in the Christmas tree for two weeks. It was in the kitchen getting a snack when they removed the tree from the house.
3 posted on 12/28/2024 5:20:44 PM PST by CFW
To: george76
Kind of unusual to see a racoon attack someone inside their house. Happens once in a coon’s age, I guess.
4 posted on 12/28/2024 5:30:58 PM PST by fidelis (Ecce Crucem Domini! Fugite partes adversae! Vicit Leo de tribu Juda, Radix David! Alleluia!)
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