75-year-old woman strangled rabid raccoon after it bit her

A 75-year-old woman from Henrico, Virginia, said she had no choice but to strangle a rabid raccoon with her bare hands.

Cas Overton said she was walking in the Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden while birdwatching when a raccoon latched onto her leg and started biting. Overton said she immediately drew on her tai chi training, which she’s taught for 40 years.
“I could reach down to get it off of me, got it by the neck with both hands… so I knew what I had to do,” she said. Overton said she then put her knee on the raccoon’s neck until the raccoon stopped breathing.

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Since the attack Overton said she has been receiving rabies shots and treatment for the bite. In addition, Overton said she felt terrible killing the raccoon because she loves animals.