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Inverness, Florida -- A bobcat attacked two people in separate incidents in Citrus County over the weekend.Johnathon Knecht, 10, and Frank Womack, 71, both sustained scratches and bites from their encounters on Saturday. Womack killed the bobcat in self defense.According to Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers, Knecht was hiking in the Withlacoochee State Forest with his Boy Scout group when the bobcat jumped onto his back, scratching and biting. The other Boy Scouts came to Knecht's assistance, and the animal ran back into the woods.Knecht was taken to Citrus Memorial Hospital in Inverness where he was treated and released.The bobcat then moved on to Womack's property. The animal bit Womack on the leg, and the man was able to put the cat down. Womack was treated and released at a local hospital.
No tall tale: Rabid bobcat invades Cottonwood barby John Faherty - Mar. 27, 2009 12:00 AMThe Arizona Republic COTTONWOOD - A bobcat walked into a roadside bar in Cottonwood. What happened next was not a joke but "pandemonium": two or three minutes of chivalry, cellphone cameras and people jumping on top of pool tables to get out of the way. When it was over, two people were scratched and bleeding, and the bobcat was gunned down by police in a parking lot on Main Street. All that's left now is a barroom story that is sure to become legend.And a series of rabies-vaccine shots. "This was a rabid animal," said Zen Mocarski of the Arizona Game and Fish office in Kingman. "You've seen the cartoon Tasmanian Devil? That's a bobcat with rabies." The bobcat spent Tuesday night frightening people across the small town about 100 miles north Phoenix. At 10:30, police say, a woman thought she hit something with her car.When she went to check on the animal, a man standing nearby told her she might not want to get too close to it. When she turned to thank the man, the cat pounced, scratching her on the face and running into the night. The bobcat then appeared in a Pizza Hut parking lot, scaring a worker before vanishing again. At about 11:40, three people walked out of the Chaparral, a neighborhood bar with signs for Schlitz, Budweiser and Coors over the entrance. Tuesday is free-pool night."I said goodnight," said bartender Scott Hughes, 41. "Next thing I know, they are running back in, followed by the bobcat."One jumped on the pool table, and two more jumped onto the bar."
Man, bobcats are going plum loco, must be global warming. http://www.azcentral.com/arizonarepublic/news/articles/2009/03/26/20090326bobcatbar0327.html
