buster red 66 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 (edited) irish sun newspaper page 19 sunday nov 4. an angler has been scarred for life after waking up in his tent to find a fox with its jaws locked on to his face.dad of three andrew thomas who had been night fishing for carp felt the animals fangs mauling his cheek. the forty one year old then squeezed the foxs snout to stop it breathing and it ran off. andrew from uckfield england said it was a scary way to wake up.i felt this thing clamp onto the side of my face. i thought what the hell has latched on to me. shaken andrew needed 26 stitches to close his wounds. im lucky i didint lose my eye he said, i probly turned over or snored and spooked him. an animal expert said , this sort of attack very rare. what do yous make of that lads . Edited November 4, 2012 by buster red Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moorside 642 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Interesting pal, never heard of owt like that before. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AirgunGuy 362 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 They do seem to be quite rare occasions but they do happen. Could've been a young child. I personally would've strangled the fecker ;-) 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
WorkingBullandTerrier 132 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Do you guys ever have Rabies cases over there? Over here, usually when foxes attack a human, they turn out to be rabid..... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buster red 66 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 They do seem to be quite rare occasions but they do happen. Could've been a young child. I personally would've strangled the fecker ;-) me to mate, theres a pic of the lad in the paper,made a right mess of his face, nearly took the eye out of him. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buster red 66 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Do you guys ever have Rabies cases over there? Over here, usually when foxes attack a human, they turn out to be rabid..... not to sure about rabies in england mate, ive never heard of any cases of it but i suppose its possible. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
AirgunGuy 362 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Have you got the link? ;-) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pip1968 2,490 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 the sooner somethings done about these rogue foxs the better its probably an inner city fox who has no fear of humans Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jimmyg 6 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 If its anything like the english sun newspaper its probably bullsh*t. 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pip1968 2,490 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/4626214/Fox-tried-to-bite-my-face-off-says-angler-Andrew-Thomas.html Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buster red 66 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Have you got the link? ;-) not great on the computer mate but im sure someone on here that knows what there doing will put it up for ya. the headline reads. fox tried to eat anglers face off Quote Link to post Share on other sites
pip1968 2,490 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 is this fella right in the head so are kids might be food for foxs A Countryside Alliance spokesman said: “Foxes are opportunistic predators and in some situations it is understandable that they might see a sleeping angler as a potential food Quote Link to post Share on other sites
fireman 10,866 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 Bet the fella had tins of spam and all sorts of yummy stuff for old charlie laying around and i'd say it just tried grabbing the wrong thing. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
buster red 66 Posted November 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 If its anything like the english sun newspaper its probably bullsh*t. ha ha ya could be right there jimmy, looking at the pictures there, maybe he wasint fishing at all and was caught doing something he shouldint of being doing . and got the digs of someone that wasint happy about it. good excuse for the missis though, Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamping lurcher 7 Posted November 4, 2012 Report Share Posted November 4, 2012 theres one on a lake i fish it used to nick peoples shoes ill be taking the terrier from now on having it tied up next to me :thumbs: and if that dosent work :hunter: this will 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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