jambo 4 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 Fox bites off man's nose and fingers in cemeteryPremium Article ! Your account has been frozen. For your available options click the below button. Options Premium Article ! To read this article in full you must have registered and have a Premium Content Subscription with the Edinburgh Evening News site. Subscribe Registered Article ! To read this article in full you must be registered with the site. Sign InRegister « Previous « PreviousNext » Next »View GalleryPublished Date: 27 October 2010 By DAVID McCANN A MAN who blacked out in a village cemetery had his nose and fingers bitten off in a suspected fox attack. The 37-year-old is recovering from his injuries at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary after the incident in the early hours of Sunday morning. The wounded man was discovered by police at St Michael's Parish Church Cemetery, Inveresk. A source said: "He was attacked by a fox in a cemetery near Musselburgh as he was lying unconscious. His nose was chewed and two-and-a-half fingers were bitten off. He was taken away to hospital unconscious but breathing." It is not clear how the man, who has not been named, came to be unconscious in the cemetery. A police spokesman said: "Lothian and Borders Police can confirm it is carrying out inquiries after a 37-year-old man was found in the Inveresk area in the early hours of Sunday, October 24, with injuries to his face and hand. "These injuries may have been caused by animals. He is being treated for his non-life-threatening injuries at Edinburgh Royal Infirmary." A spokesman for the ambulance service confirmed an unconscious man with facial injuries was taken to hospital from the Inveresk cemetery. Village resident Jack Fraser said the grisly incident had shocked the community. "People are certainly talking about it - that he had been found in the cemetery and looked like he had been punched in the face a few times. I also heard there were a few tops of his fingers missing. "No-one I've spoken to has any idea what happened to him but when people start talking they often get the wrong idea. I just hope he recovers all right." John Caldwell, councillor for Musselburgh and Carberry said: "I stay not far from that area and the only animals around capable of doing such a thing are the foxes." One nearby resident, who asked not to be named, said she saw police at the scene late on Saturday night. She said: "I was walking my dog at about midnight and saw two police cars and thought they must be looking for someone." East Lothian Council, whose landscape and countryside division tends to the cemetery, said none of its staff had knowledge of the incident and Reverend Andrew Dick, minister at the kirk where the man was found, said he had nothing to add to the facts already known. Earlier this year a fox attacked twin baby girls while they slept in their cot at home in London. At the time, John Bryant, a pest control consultant who specialises in foxes, said such attacks were not typical fox behaviour. Page 1 of 1 Last Updated: 27 October 2010 9:49 AM Source: Edinburgh Evening News Location: Edinburgh Related Topics: Foxes Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave1372 83 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 ........strange, what the hell was he doing in the graveyard!! ....must have been right drunk not to notice he was being eaten! :lazy: :crazy: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Nik_B 3,790 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 LOL he must have been utterly plastered Quote Link to post Share on other sites
events co-ordinator 353 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 That John Bryant isnt a pest controller hes the ex director of LACS but he calls himself that so he can stop people killing foxes. Sooner rather than later somebodies gonna die from a fox attack wonder what Bryant will say then. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
scent 509 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 prob had just had the best sex of his life with a fresh corpse and fell asleep ,i thought that happened in every town Quote Link to post Share on other sites
CarraghsGem 92 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 prob had just had the best sex of his life with a fresh corpse and fell asleep ,i thought that happened in every town its normal for around here usually at the funeral parlour though :kiss: smells a bit and is hassle to dig up once its been buried a while. :sick: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
dave1372 83 Posted October 27, 2010 Report Share Posted October 27, 2010 prob had just had the best sex of his life with a fresh corpse and fell asleep ,i thought that happened in every town Remind me not to fall asleep in a pub around your parts after a skinful:thumbs: Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chalkedup 14 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 moral to the story is always take a fox from behind, missionary position is too dangerous and kissing is definitely a no no. suck my fingers you little vixen ...aaahhhh fukit Quote Link to post Share on other sites
clint 45 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 look like fox in cemetery now ! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
farlap 19 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 Fox bites off man's nose and fingers in cemeteryPremium Article ! A source said: "He was attacked by a fox in a cemetery near Musselburgh as he was lying unconscious. His nose was chewed and two-and-a-half fingers were bitten off. He was taken away to hospital unconscious but breathing." John Caldwell, councillor for Musselburgh and Carberry said: "I stay not far from that area and the only animals around capable of doing such a thing are the foxes." wht a stupid comment from someone who clearly doesnt know that badgers would also do this! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rikjd 8 Posted October 28, 2010 Report Share Posted October 28, 2010 so is this what happened to micheal jackson? the gloves and fake nose suddenly make sense now Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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