Overview
- The Lebanon Police Department has received three reports of attacks in the Centerra Park area that began on Aug. 30, and one incident was captured on surveillance video that has since gone viral.
- The man shown in the video, identified as Zack Howard, said the animal bit his foot and he has begun multiple rabies post-exposure shots.
- New Hampshire Fish and Game and local police have been patrolling the area regularly but have not captured or positively identified the creature.
- Witnesses have described the animal as either a gray fox or a fisher, and Fish and Game officials say the animal’s unusually aggressive behavior could indicate illness such as rabies.
- Officials advise people to stay away from any wild animal acting oddly, to report sightings to police or Fish and Game, and to seek immediate medical care and wound cleaning if bitten or scratched because timely rabies treatment prevents disease.