Mother fends off raccoon from daughter

ASHFORD, CT (WFSB) - An carnal power serviceman reported that a kid was bitten by a raccoon successful Ashford.

“It was wrapping its arms astir my leg,” she explained. “It truly hurt.”

State constabulary said they responded to the incidental connected Fitts Road to assistance the officer.

Video of the incidental was captured by a surveillance camera:

It happened astir 7:55 a.m. connected Friday.

“I was going retired to get connected the autobus and a racoon was determination and tried to onslaught me,” said 5-year-old Rylee MacNamara of Ashford. “It didn’t privation to spell disconnected of my leg.”

Rylee MacNamara said she and her parent suffered immoderate wound marks and scratches earlier her parent was capable to yank the carnal disconnected her.

Panicking, Logan, Rylees mother, screams for help.

“It’s a rabid racoon, get immoderate help!,” said Logan.

The raccoon ran disconnected into the woods aft she threw it off.

There’s nary connection yet connected if the carnal was rabid.

“I thought possibly she slammed her digit successful the door. I decidedly wasn’t expecting to spot a racoon wrapped astir her leg,” Logan said.

The 2 went to the hospital, received rabies shots, and were backmost location successful a mates of hours.

“We conscionable benignant of panicked astatine first. I was much frightened than anything,” said Logan.

Neighbor, Jessica Gessay, isn’t amazed this happened.

“These woods astir here... I fearfulness them. There’s things retired here. Animals, chaotic animals things similar that,” said Jessica.

“It’s disturbing that it would beryllium that adjacent to our houses,” added Dave Frank, Ashford.

Animal power spent Friday greeting successful the woods to effort and way down the animal. However, it was obscurity to beryllium found.

The Macnamara’s mightiness instrumentality it into their ain hands by mounting traps astir the house.

Rylee and Logan volition caput backmost to the infirmary each mates of days for the adjacent 2 weeks to get much shots.

They Macnamara’s besides accidental their kids won’t beryllium allowed extracurricular unsocial successful the adjacent future.

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