Man kills bobcat with bare hands
 

Vietnam vet strangles rabid bobcat

ASSOCIATED PRESS

WESLEY CHAPEL ? A 62-year-old Vietnam veteran said he was acting on instinct when he strangled a rabid 25-pound bobcat that attacked him on his back porch.

Dale Rippy endured the bobcat?s slashes and bites until it clawed into a position where he could grab it by the throat. Then he strangled it.

Rippy said it was clear the crazed bobcat had to be stopped.

?I was bleeding everyplace,? Rippy said of the May 30 attack. ?If that cat had attacked a child, it would?ve been really bad. It wouldn?t have quit.?

Rippy?s neighbors in the suburban Central Florida neighborhood called for help. Tests showed the dead bobcat was rabid. Rippy was treated for exposure to rabies, and several bites and cuts.

Authorities praised Rippy for clear thinking under pressure.

?We give this guy a lot of credit for what he did,? said Pasco County Animal Control Manager Denise Hilton. ?The man was definitely using his head when he did that. If he let the cat go, we could have had more victims.?


LOL

well done...

here's the video of it

WOW.. i would have been so freaked out.. probably would have shit my pants. :) HAHAH

ahahah, great find :thumbsup

Tuff old man.

WTF is a bobcat??

http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/5960/bobcat1.jpg


watch the video

That man is my hero... taking out a feline assassin like that is beyond impressive. There may be hope for humanity yet.

When I was really really young, my dad was still operating a fur farm, and we were licensed to own captive bobcats. I remember sitting outside the big male's cage and he'd pace back and forth staring right through me. I'm pretty sure if he ever got out of the cage he would have done the same, lol...

Dammm!:pimp

My cat is part bobcat. Cool pets. :)

:1orglaugh:thumbsup

Those buggers are mean fuckers..took a lot of guts to do that

wtf :O how the hell did he win