Man Kills Rabid Bobcat With Bare Hands

[MikeBjerum]

Somehow I don't feel impressed. It's just an overgrown house cat.

Call me when he strangles a mountain lion.

You ever fought a healthy house cat?  We've had some nasty buggers around here that have caused a need for stitches with one move because you touched them wrong or tried to move them or the dog got too close.  Add in wild instinct, two to three times the body weight (muscle mass) and the effects of illness ...  Color Me Impressed!

[jaybet]

I saw the guy on Fox news. He said it jumped him and he went down. He was laying on his back and realized it was about 2 feet from his head. He reached over, grabbed it by the neck and pinned it's head down to the ground. He got up on his knees and it was scratching with all legs. He said he finally put a knee in the ribcage and came down with his weight, crushing the chest and lungs. He didn't actually strangle it.

[1911 Junkie]

I'm not saying you're not going to get bit or scratched up but is your life really in danger (other than the rabies)?

How many people have actually been killed by bobcats?

Still not impressed.

[tombogan03884]

Had a guy here a few years ago confronted a rabid animal in his yard (I forget what it was, just remember it was woodchuck size) He started out shooting it with a 10/22 finally wound up breaking the rifle stock on it. He did kill it, but it took some doing.

[texcaliber]

I'm not saying you're not going to get bit or scratched up but is your life really in danger (other than the rabies)?

How many people have actually been killed by bobcats?

Still not impressed.

Being killed by the cat or having it maim you, with life long repercussions, is another. There was a "When Animals Attack" on Spike for a while, i can not find link, where a control officer tried to cage a house cat which was leashed, long story short that cat twisted the leash around his leg and clawed his way up to the nether regions.

I can deal with scars on back, arms., legs, pinky toe, not worried. Go after the lil' fella and I just became in fear of my safety. 

Now on the

is your life really in danger (other than the rabies)?

part. Put your mother, grandmother/father, elderly, disabled loved one, child(grandchildren) or whom ever, in that situation, where they have been knocked to the ground by a rabid animal whom knows how to injure, and or, kill pray. It is at least scary, which means.......in fear for.

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[Timothy]

Largest bobcat on record was nearly 70 lbs.  Probably had claws 1/2-3/4" long and 3/4" long canine teeth.....I'll take my chances with a housecat but the bobcat I'd try and avoid.  Big ones have been known to take full grown whitetail deer.

Dangerous animal by most standards.  Had it not been rabid, it probably would have left him alone.  

Update:

"Male bobcats are slightly larger and heavier than females. Most adult males weigh 20 to 22 pounds, while females average 18 to 19 pounds. Individuals may be much larger at times, especially in the northern states where many mature males may weigh 30 pounds. The heaviest recorded bobcat was taken in Maine and weighed 76 pounds."

courtesy Maine Trappers Association...

[tombogan03884]

I found that video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIoOJKLHeY0

[texcaliber]

I found that video


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jIoOJKLHeY0

Yup! That the one, puts me in fear of my safety.

Side note, has to be related to Haz.

[Ranger Dave]

The bocats I've seen in my area stand about knee high(18-20 inches) weighing close to 20lbs. They are not something I would want to tangle with without a gun.

[TAB]

I'd rather fight a bob cat then a coon.  A big coon will whip any dogs ass.