‘I Just Want People To Know’: Rabid Coyote Attacks Teenager In Baltimore County, Warns Others To Be Cautious

OVERLEA, Md. (WJZ) — Baltimore County teen attacked by a rabid coyote is informing different radical astir rabid carnal attacks.

WJZ interviewed the teen and his parent who did not privation to beryllium identified.

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“I was scared,” the teen said. ”It wasn’t excessively overmuch pain. It was a small spot stinging aft erstwhile I similar locomotion connected it.”

The onslaught happened connected Oct. 20 connected a way adjacent Holt Park portion the teen was retired grooming for transverse country.

“I stopped due to the fact that I saw thing successful the mediate of the woods,” the teen said. “It was similar this grey wolf-looking creature. I didn’t cognize it was a coyote astatine first.”

The household said this is the aforesaid coyote that attacked a antheral and his canine connected the aforesaid time successful Holt Park.

The Baltimore County Department of Health recovered that the coyote tested affirmative for rabies.

People who instrumentality regular walks successful the country heard astir the attacks and are keeping an oculus retired for different rabid animals.

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“We are a small much cautious and mindful and alert and I was looking astir rather a spot arsenic we were walking but we consciousness beauteous comfortable,” Don Street of Rosedale said.

The teen had to spell to the infirmary for his bite. His parent said helium needs 4 sets of rabies shots.

“It’s conscionable annoying due to the fact that I had to support going backmost to get shots,” the teen said. I had to miss immoderate of my classes.”

The household says they ne'er expected thing similar this to hap to them. They privation different families to beryllium careful.

“I conscionable privation radical to know, you know, to beryllium alert of animals and if they’re scratched oregon spot by an carnal to marque definite you decidedly get aesculapian attraction close away,” the teen’s parent said.

Doctors did springiness the teen tips connected what to bash if this happens again, they told him to marque large noises and not to tally truthful the coyote won’t chase. The wellness section besides says it is important to marque definite your pet’s rabies vaccinations are up to date.

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Jessica Albert