"I kicked it and it landed three or four feet away, but it kept coming back at me, snarling," said Harry Stover of Hilltop Road. "It bit me through blue jeans and pierced my skin. Thank God I had blue jeans on, otherwise it would have taken a piece out of the back of my leg."
Mr. Stover said he was able to fend off the fox with the help of a neighbor, whose daughter was nearby when the attack on Mr. Stover occurred, and was also attacked by the fox during the same incident. The neighbor reportedly hit the fox with his fist and sent the fox "squealing" away, Mr. Stover said.
From Aug. 24 to Aug. 25, the Westchester County Health Department had six confirmed encounters with the fox, which required three people to receive treatment for rabies exposure, including Mr. Stover, said Heather McGill, a program administrator for the Health Department.
According to Ms. McGill, as well as local police, the fox has not been seen since, though police did patrol the area following the attacks for any sight of the animal.
Ms. McGill also reported that two dogs had also been exposed to the fox and had received treatments for rabies, though neither the South Salem or Cross River animal hospitals reported treating any pets for rabies exposure following fox attacks.
No fox sightings have been reported since the spate of attacks last week, which also included an attack on Chapel Road's Gondolfo Diblasi, who was attacked while walking from his pool and sustained bites on his feet, legs and hand.
The Health Department and police said they believe the animal made the frenzied attacks during the last days of its life and has likely since died.
Lewisboro has a dog control officer but no animal control officer, and with no additional sightings, no further searches for the fox have been conducted. Lewisboro Police Chief Frank Secret said that if residents should happen upon the fox and are being attacked they should take whatever measures necessary to protect themselves, including killing the animal.
"Do not hold back," he said. "If you kill it you are going to prevent other people from being bitten."
'during the last days of its life'.... that sounds like what the USofA is doing around the world, assisted by all our 'special' friends... infected with our rabies bite... and like any bite of a vampire, they turn into the same rabid beast.... until our life ends... as it seems this is a sign of 'our last days'.