Another 'Fox' Attack?

[Synn]

Thought I'd see what everyone here thought of this story thats happened in Scotland.

A man woke up in a grave yard this morning after being there all night, to find that his nose and parts of his fingers were missing and had apparently been bitten of by an animal!

Man in hospital after fox chews at his nose and fingers Deadline Press & Picture Agency

Also:

BBC News - Man found with facial injuries in Musselburgh cemetery

[faz]

frost bite perhaps ????

on my local news in devon a foxwas chased out of a home by the family cat

[Dogghound]

I carnt believe this, I dont know whether to laugh "a man chewed by a fox", is this for real? what the hells he doing unconscious in a grave yard? and why have foxes been blamed? could have been anything

[david156]

Sorry! Just laughed at this. The advert underneath the article was for somewhere in London saying "all you can eat for £5"

Sorry - sick sense of humour

[Synn]

And how you wouldn't wake up if there was something EATING you?!

There's definitely something strange about this story.

[shenk1]

Blathered

[Jason Green]

Evening all,

Impossible to say fox, in my opinion. I wonder what he was doing out there - the victim of an assult earlier in the evening perhaps? He was said to appear to have been punched...

Take care,

Jason

[vole-woman]

There are recorded incidents of domestic dogs eating owners' faces, toes etc. (Just google.) So more likely to be a dog roaming loose if the injuries were caused by an animal at all.

[Doggle Avaddit]

Interesting how the media works.


If you study both reports, you will find that the only REAL data available is the Police Quote:

A police spokesman said: "Lothian and Borders Police can confirm it is carrying out inquiries after a 37-year-old man was found in the Inveresk area with injuries to his face and hand.

"These injuries may have been caused by animals."

EVERYTHING else in those reports is pure conjecture.


Worse, is that in both reports appears;

Councillor John Caldwell, who represents Musselburgh and Carberry, said: “I stay not far from that area and the only animals around capable of doing such a thing are foxes.”



So some local Councillor reaches a (foxy) conclusion you might well hear from a bloke down the pub, yet it is deemed to be irrefutable because he is a Local Councillor?? Was he there to witness this attack?

How bizarre.



It should also be noted that the "Deadline report" adds:

The [police] spokesman added that they were “fairly confident” the man had been attacked by a fox.

Funny how the BBC did not include this in their report. I wonder if this alleged statement would stand up to any scrutiny.




Hmm, who to believe - a "Deadline" Journalist, a bloke down the pub (er, sorry, Local Councillor), the BBC?

Decisions, decisions .....

[Kayleigh]

Its Scotland the bloke was peed out if his brain when he came round his nose and fingers were gone...
They have a sick sense of humour that side of the border its his mates having a laugh...