5 yr old boy saves brother, pins a rabid fox

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Updated: 2:32 p.m. PT July 5, 2007

KINGSTOWN, N.C. - A 5-year-old boy grabbed a rabid fox by the neck and pinned it to the ground during a family cookout, protecting six other children before his stepfather could kill the animal.

“I wanted to protect my little brother,” said Rayshun McDowell, who battled the fox in the front yard of his home Sunday in Kingstown, about 50 miles west of Charlotte.

The fox bit Rayshun in the leg, but the 61-pound-boy held the animal down for more than a minute. Animal control officials said Tuesday that test results confirmed the fox had rabies, which is fatal unless treated before symptoms appear. Rayshun is undergoing treatment.

I looked out the window and Rayshun had the fox by the neck and was pushing it into the ground,” said his mother, Shinda Linder. “I couldn’t believe what I was seeing.”

Rayshun’s stepfather, Ryan Thompson, pulled the boy off the animal and kicked it. A neighbor fired a handgun three times but the fox continued to advance.

Thompson, wearing a cast because of a broken leg, said he used a stick and his crutch to beat the fox to death.

Rayshun, meanwhile, asked only for a Band-Aid and didn’t complain of any pain.

“Rayshun was really calm and wasn’t upset,” his mother said. “I couldn’t believe he would do something like that. He was so brave, and I was a wreck.”

Rabies attacks the nervous system and is transmitted through saliva. It often makes animals aggressive. A 6-year-old girl who was attacked by a fox the same day at her home nearby also is being treated.

5-year-old pins rabid fox - Animal Peculiarity - MSNBC.com

[wnxmaximus]

thats pretty dang hard core.... awesome.

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Originally Posted by wnxmaximus

thats pretty dang hard core.... awesome.

He sounds like a big 5 yr old too for being 60 lbs....I dont know though as I have girls

[MindFreak]

Originally Posted by BiggerGuns=LongerDrives

He sounds like a big 5 yr old too for being 60 lbs....I dont know though as I have girls

no man that is big for a 5 year old. when my son was 5 he wasnt 60 lbs that's for sure.

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Originally Posted by MindFreak

no man that is big for a 5 year old. when my son was 5 he wasnt 60 lbs that's for sure.

I think my little girl is only around 50 lbs and she will be 7 at the end of the month