Skunk attack??

[Not Sunshine]

I've heard rumor of a hiker who was bit by a SKUNK [May 2013] while tarp-tenting along the southwestern VA section of the AT

Has anyone else heard about this??

Does anyone know more details as to where exactly it occurred?

[HikerMom58]

Humm... no, haven't heard that rumor. I'll ask around ...

[kayak karl]

that stinks!

[rocketsocks]

that stinks!

eh eh eh hehehe....to keepin it pithy!

[hikerboy57]

i dont know, something about that story just doesnt smell right.

[Feral Bill]

Seriously, that would be a rabies risk, I hope it's not true.

[RED-DOG]

No i haven't heard that but i know a hiker that got bit on the hand by a FOX while sleeping at the Flint MT shelter back in the mid-90s

[HikerMom58]

No i haven't heard that but i know a hiker that got bit on the hand by a FOX while sleeping at the Flint MT shelter back in the mid-90s

I heard that as well RED-DOG... maybe from you.... LOL. The fox was rabid wasn't it?

[rocketsocks]

Seriously, that would be a rabies risk, I hope it's not true.

Very true, Skunks are very docile, and they do carry rabies, and would have no worries about approaching a sleeping hiker looking for food....this awe inspiring moment can often turn bad.

[rocketsocks]

i dont know, something about that story just doesnt smell right.

And just where were you on the night in question?

[hikerboy57]

And just where were you on the night in question?

in a safety meeting.

[RED-DOG]

I heard that as well RED-DOG... maybe from you.... LOL. The fox was rabid wasn't it?

Yes it took the guy couple of months and several hospital visits to get over it.

[rocketsocks]

in a safety meeting.

At the expense of dimin out your breatherin...got any witnesses?

[hikerboy57]

At the expense of dimin out your breatherin...got any witnesses?

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[rocketsocks]

just pepe.DSCN0753.jpg

under parliamentary law...4 is a quorum...your acquitted....but them eye's look daming

[FarmerChef]

Very true, Skunks are very docile, and they do carry rabies, and would have no worries about approaching a sleeping hiker looking for food....this awe inspiring moment can often turn bad.

awe is not quite the word I'd use to describe a meeting with a skunk. It certainly isn't the word I use when I drive past one that bought it. Ewwwwww.

[Colter]

Seriously, that would be a rabies risk, I hope it's not true.

Yup. People tend to be way, way too scared of animals. But if I were bit by a skunk I'd be concerned about rabies for sure.

Any bite from a skunk should be considered an exposure to rabies until rabies tests are negative.

[rocketsocks]

awe is not quite the word I'd use to describe a meeting with a skunk. It certainly isn't the word I use when I drive past one that bought it. Ewwwwww.

kinda the same...Oh S***

[Grits]

I can't remember which one but I was reading Skywalker's or AWOL's book and they talked about a skunk coming up in a shelter and sleeping on top of their sleeping bag one cold night.

[MuddyWaters]

skunks are docile until you piss them off, then they hold a grudge