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Bobcat Attacks Boy Scout, Man In Citrus County
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Published: March 31, 2009
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INVERNESS - State wildlife officials say a bobcat attacked two people in Citrus County.
According to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission, the bobcat first attacked 10-year-old Johnathon Knecht. The boy was hiking Saturday in the Withlacoochee State Forest with his Boy Scout troupe when the bobcat jumped on his back.
The animal ran back into the woods when the other scouts came to Knecht's aid.
It then ran onto 71-year-old Frank Womack's property and bit the man on the leg. Wildlife officials said Tuesday that Womack killed the bobcat in self defense.
Both Knecth and Womack were treated at a hospital for scratches and bites. County animal control officials are testing the animal for rabies.
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