15 January 2018

Rabies

I almost certainly didn’t come up with this thought myself:

1. You shouldn’t provoke a rabid dog.
2. A civilized country shoots its rabid dogs.

You may not know much about rabies:

By the time I had registered what was happening, and determined that running was not an option, the raccoon was already at my feet. I screamed; I ripped my headphones out and threw my phone to the ground, so as to have both hands free.

I tried to kick it away, but the raccoon was so small and fast, and the brush so dense, that even if I had punted it with all my strength, the critter probably wouldn’t have gone very far.