Man Survives Bobcat Attack by Choking Animal to Death

[RJF]

Man Survives Bobcat Attack by Choking Animal to Death
Tuesday , June 19, 2007

By Audrey Bright

WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla. —

A 62-year-old Florida man depended on his instincts when a bobcat attacked him, and it paid off — he survived, the bobcat didn't.

Dale Rippy, a resident of Wesley Chapel, Florida, was pulling trashcans back to his house May 30 when he saw what he thought was a large cat. After realizing the animal was actually a bobcat, he set the trashcans down and prepared for an attack.

Having grown up on a farm, Rippy said he knew the bobcat would attack when it didn’t run away after seeing him.

“When it growled, I knew it was going to jump and bite me,” he said.

The animal then jumped on him and began to scratch and bite. Rippy said he knew if he could get a good hold on the animal, he would be able to choke it, even if that meant letting the bobcat take a couple of bites.

“I started choking it when got a good hold,” he said. “I choked it ‘til he died. I got scratched up pretty good.”

Rippy never had to go to the hospital, but was examined at a doctor’s office due to puncture wounds on his stomach and scratches.

After the attack, his neighbor called the police, who then called animal control. After the animal was inspected, it was found to be infected with rabies.

Rippy said now, he and his neighbor that helped him after the attack have to have rabies shots.

“It attacked me because it was sick,” he said.

Rippy said he has lived in his home 25 miles north of Tampa for 13 years and, although he has seen a panther and other animals in the wooded area behind his house, that was the first time he had ever seen a bobcat.

He also said those around him were very surprised about the attack and how he saved himself by killing the animal.

“The bobcat was big enough that it could have really hurt somebody, especially since it had rabies,” he said.

[ALTRNTV]

That's nothing. Leonidas killed a wolf, wearing nothing for clothes, in the ice cold.

:keke:

That's crazy though, I would have ran like a little girl.

[!Zar!]

That's some Chuck Norris action right there.

[ms!3]

crazy shat, id be running like a little girl also. haha.

[ONYX S-13]

That would have just made it more "fun" for the beast though =P

I've seen one bobcat around here back when I was in middle school..Glad it was far away cause it had kittens..I wasn't down for fighting with a mother bobcat with nothing as a weapon.

[arkive43]

That Is Fukin Rad!!!!

[SNC240SX]

Wow thats a crazy story. I bet thats a big guy to choke out an attacking bob cat. That sucks it had rabies. Shots in the stomach=no fun.

[C. Senor]

dude.....that guy right there is a gangsta!. i would have also just ran and screamed like a little girl. throwing the trash cans at it or something. lesson learned...dont let that old guy get you in a choke hold...cuz you'll die.

[Grendel]

What a bad ass old man...

Back home, there was a bobcat we would see running across our drive way at night sometimes... those things are friggin huge

[kdashy]

Thats a mans man.

[ixfxi]

http://www.foxnews.com/images/295179/0_64_bobcat4.jpg

thanks for the compliments guys, im doing fine.

- old_s13

[Dirty Habit]

http://www.ilovetab.com/images/bobcat.jpeg

Shit. Wrong bobcat.

[IIIXziuR]

thats awesome. choke hold that bitch, Lights Out sucka!

[exitspeed]

Real Naked Choke for the win. MMA even kicks Bobcats ass.

[A Spec Products]

I'd be more worried about the Ligers with rabies.

[tacotacotaco]

Reminds me about the time i earned my name Bear Fighter. If i was fighting the bobcat it wouldve went something like this: Fierce punch Fierce Punch ^>+Low Kick, <^> fierce Punch, * ISM * (Button MASH). PWNED!!! then the wind would blow while i posed.

[DUFFM4N]

+5 street cred earned for choking a bobcat

[steve shadows]

this is why you carry a machette everywhere

I keep a couple kukris stashed.

just reach inside the door of the house, grab a kukri or two.

You could probably be-head one with one upward swing if your aim was right.

sigh

[alexkosheck]

He made the bobcat tap out...TO THE DEATH!

[FRpilot]

+5 street cred earned for choking a bobcat

lol. "i held up a liquor store.. what you did?" "i killed a bobcat with my barehands" *silence*

street credibility only applies to the ghetto streets of metropolitan cities like new york, la, etc.


anyways, running would have done nothing.. bobcat would catch up to you in no time. either fight or lay on the ground and pretend to be dead like when you see a bear in the forest.

[DUFFM4N]

lol. "i held up a liquor store.. what you did?" "i killed a bobcat with my barehands" *silence*

street credibility only applies to the ghetto streets of metropolitan cities like new york, la, etc.

no matter where u live...that shit is gangster

[skylindrftr]

I walked past a bobcat on the way to school once a couple years ago, just sat on the sidewalk looking at me, guess it wasn't hungry...

[ManoNegra]

I killed a chicken with a slingshot once... by mistake... does that count?

But yeah, animals w/ rabies are crazy.

[!Zar!]

I rode a bobcat before. Does that give me street cred?






























http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11413881/2004_Bobcat_T_300_Air_Conditioning_.jpg
Oh yeah. I showed that bitch who's boss...

[ONYX S-13]

You got some cred.. Thanks for the laugh man. *thumbs up*

[PRADOgy]

i thought bobcats where kinda small..?

[SochBAT]

Reminds me about the time i earned my name Bear Fighter. If i was fighting the bobcat it wouldve went something like this: Fierce punch Fierce Punch ^>+Low Kick, <^> fierce Punch, * ISM * (Button MASH). PWNED!!! then the wind would blow while i posed.

You're whack son!

I learned the same kinda discipline, but slightly more advanced. I took out a baby once. Because she asked for an abortion.

I jabbed twice, took a quick step forward, lightly kicked to distract it, then full forced punch. Thunder clapped, immense darkness ensued.

When it was over, i was standing over the dead baby, and the skies parted with the kanji for Heaven.

It was badass, i shoulda taken a picture.

[eastcoastS14]

holy shit....what a grizzled old man

[status:one]

That's crazy... next up... the panther... and some how I don't think this old geezer will "set the trashcans down and prepare for an attack" next time.

http://www.sfondideldesktop.com/Images-Nature/Animals/Panther/Panther-0001/Panther-0001.jpg

[aznpoopy]

awesome story


street credibility only applies to the ghetto streets of metropolitan cities like new york, la, etc.


new york and its surrouding borroughs aren't ghetto at all. in fact they're very safe.

you want ghetto go to newark or camden.

[ixfxi]

i spoke to my friend zangief earlier today, he said that hes wrestled and killed SEVERAL bobcats in his time...

fuckin badassed

[slothonaleash]

i thought bobcats where kinda small..?

they are, but it's like fighting a pissed off pitbull with sharper teeth and talons

and i thought it stung when my geriatric cat bit me

[Yuri]

I rode a bobcat before. Does that give me street cred?


http://img.alibaba.com/photo/11413881/2004_Bobcat_T_300_Air_Conditioning_.jpg
Oh yeah. I showed that bitch who's boss...

Funny you should say that.
My preschool teacher called my mom because I was supposedly telling lies.
I told her that I rode a bobcat.
And I did.
Teachers can be so ignorant sometimes.