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Sat Dec 3, 2022, 07:17 AM Dec 2022

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Mother fends off raccoon that attacked her daughter

https://www.wabi.tv/2022/12/02/caught-camera-mother-fends-off-raccoon-that-attacked-her-daughter/

CAUGHT ON CAMERA: Mother fends off raccoon that attacked her daughter

By Kristina Russo, Dylan Fearon, Rob Polansky and Gray News staff
Published: Dec. 2, 2022 at 2:08 PM EST|Updated: 9 hours ago

ASHFORD, Conn. (WFSB/Gray News) - An animal control officer reported that a child was bitten by a raccoon in Ashford, Connecticut.

Video of the incident was captured by a surveillance camera Friday morning.

“I was going out to get on the bus and a raccoon was there and tried to attack me,” said Rylee MacNamara of Ashford.

Rylee said she and her mother, Logan, suffered some bite marks before her mother was able to yank the animal off her. The raccoon ran off into the woods after she threw it off.

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