Elderly man, 95, rabid fox to death with wooden plank

Maine, Maine, according to the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
                                    
                                        (Courtesy of Maine IF & W)
                                    
                                

A 95-year-old Maine man beat a rabid fox to death with a wooden plank, according to police.

The Times Recorded Robert Galen was working on his deck when he encountered the 10-pound fox. He had dropped some planks on the lawn and was going around the planks and bringing them to his garden.

When he picked up one of the planks, he looked up and saw a mature fox looking at him "right in the eye."

The fox bit Galen's foot, but did not break the skin.

" I'd been aware of the rabies incidents in Brunswick so I almost instinctively hit this animal on the head I had, fortunately, I my hand, "he told the local newspaper.

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Galen told the Times (19659005) When animal control officials tested the animal, they found it had rabies. Galen said he did not contract the virus.

Brunswick police say this is the third person to be attacked by a rabid fox in the past 10 days.

The Associated Press Contributed to this report.