5-Year-Old Pins Rabid Fox During Cookout


	5-Year-Old Pins Rabid Fox During Cookout

rmowery

7-5-2007 7:47 AM

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fox, rabies, tough kid, protector, nc

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7-5-2007 9:35 AM

Deepti

pop for the brave little boy!

7-7-2007 10:55 AM

strider72

Great story. It's a shame it got a bite in -- rabies shots are notoriously painful.

Still -- one of the kids he protected might have gotten a lot worse. Great story. Brave kid.

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