smacky and bucky

FREDERICKSBURG, Va. (AP) - A 14-year-old boy who went near the woods to retrieve a baseball was bitten by a rabid fox, Stafford County officials said.

Deputies shot the fox that evening and the wounded animal ran away. A fox with a gunshot wound was found the next day, apparently having been hit by a car. That fox was sent to the state lab, where it tested positive for rabies.

Good thing the car hit it, because there was an angry, rabid fox WITH A GUNSHOT WOUND wandering around! That's probably more dangerous than a fox with rabies.

[Thanks for the good eye, Monstee. This was a last minute post at the end of the day, and I was preoccupied with editing a book chapter!]