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9 month old twins attacked by fox

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    #2
    Bobeagleburger
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    Yeah, I seen that on Fox news


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    #3
    Darksaga87
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    Poor poor Megan...


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    #4
    orourkeda
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    Cockney fox cant


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    #5
    stovelid
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    Boom boom.


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    #6
    Zombienosh
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    maybe this is to increase fox hunting or furriers business?


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    attacked...like a fox.

    how the fook they get in
    /not reading it


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    Luap
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    What a "Sly Fox"


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    stovelid
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    Tar.Aldarion wrote: »
    attacked...like a fox.

    how the fook they get in
    /not reading it

    It "crept into the house" is all that's said.

    Bizarre story though.


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    WIZE
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    Poor kids


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    Tar.Aldarion
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    stovelid wrote: »
    It "crept into the house" is all that's said.

    Bizarre story though.

    So it didn't even make loud noises? Jaysus!


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    tallaghtoutlaws
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    Makes you wonder did the family dog attack them and they put it down to a fox attack. Fox attacks on humans are surely a rare occurrence especially in an upstairs bedroom.


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    Blobby George
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    orourkeda wrote: »
    Cockney fox cant

    Can't what?


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    445279.ie
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    Why does the report say "two baby twin sisters". As opposed to how many?? Anyone ever heard of 3 twins or 4 twins, this bugs me alot :mad:


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    stovelid
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    tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »
    Makes you wonder did the family dog attack them and they put it down to a fox attack. Fox attacks on humans are surely a rare occurrence especially in an upstairs bedroom.

    Thought this too.

    If they do have a family mutt, he's definitely going to come under suspicion.


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    Jimmy Garlic
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    tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »
    Makes you wonder did the family dog attack them and they put it down to a fox attack. Fox attacks on humans are surely a rare occurrence especially in an upstairs bedroom.

    Yeah, there is something very fishy about this sceal. Foxes are extremely reclusive animals. Jumping into cots in an upstairs bedroom in East London..... Yeah right, a likely story.
    pensioner Margaret O’Shaughnessy was mauled in Edinburgh in 2004.

    "Mauled" lol... A fox not big enough to "maul" anyone


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    tallaghtoutlaws
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    445279.ie wrote: »
    Why does the report say "two baby twin sisters". As opposed to how many?? Anyone every heard of 3 twins or 4 twins, this bugs me alot :mad:

    As a Twin this is one of my pet hates.


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    Cormac2791
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    Blobby George wrote: »
    Can't what?

    It's the accent mate =]


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    homerhop
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    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    "Mauled" lol... A fox not big enough to "maul" anyone

    A fox is very capable of mauling a 9month old baby


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    445279.ie
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    tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »
    As a Twin this is one of my pet hates.

    I am not a twin, but I feel your pain :D


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    pickarooney
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    homerhop wrote: »
    A fox is very capable of mauling a 9month old baby

    It's hard enough to get humans to line up right and push, let alone a wild canine of limited intellect.


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    m5ex9oqjawdg2i
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    AlcoholicA wrote: »
    http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Fox-Twin-Baby-Girls-Attacked-By-Fox-In-Bedroom-In-Stoke-Newington-North-London/Article/201006115644585?lpos=UK_News_Top_Stories_Header_3&lid=ARTICLE_15644585_Fox%3A_Twin_Baby_Girls_Attacked_By_Fox_In_Bedroom_In_Stoke_Newington%2C_North_London



    Mental, I always encounter foxes, never met a vicious one though...

    Have you ever been close enough to know? They can be vicious, it's a dog after all.
    tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »
    Makes you wonder did the family dog attack them and they put it down to a fox attack. Fox attacks on humans are surely a rare occurrence especially in an upstairs bedroom.

    I have heard of people been bitten by foxes before, but not like this.
    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    Yeah, there is something very fishy about this sceal. Foxes are extremely reclusive animals. Jumping into cots in an upstairs bedroom in East London..... Yeah right, a likely story.



    "Mauled" lol... A fox not big enough to "maul" anyone

    Just show's how little you know about the animal.

    Foxes are quite common in built up areas, the town fox lives off your waste.


    Poor kids though...


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    Mr Benevolent
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    Why is this news?


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    juice1304
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    stovelid wrote: »
    Thought this too.

    If they do have a family mutt, he's definitely going to come under suspicion.

    no it would'nt all they have to do is check the bite marks, and why do you think they would lie it would be stupid to put your children at risk after they had already been attacked. and attacks are not rare.


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    Michellenman
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    tallaghtoutlaws wrote: »
    Makes you wonder did the family dog attack them and they put it down to a fox attack. Fox attacks on humans are surely a rare occurrence especially in an upstairs bedroom.

    This was my first thought too..


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    entropi
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    Confab wrote: »
    Why is this news?
    I just seen that the report comes from Sky News...so its not really news just more spam they put out:)

    Wouldnt surprise me if the fox turned out to be something else altogether since sky like to embellish their stories a little...


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    juice1304
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    Jimmy Garlic wrote: »
    Yeah, there is something very fishy about this sceal. Foxes are extremely reclusive animals. Jumping into cots in an upstairs bedroom in East London..... Yeah right, a likely story.



    "Mauled" lol... A fox not big enough to "maul" anyone

    eh they are children so yes it is big enough, and there have been plenty of adults mauled by them too.


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    goat2
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    Michellenman wrote: »
    This was my first thought too..
    how do they know it was a fox, did they see fox in bedroom of house

    upstairs bedroom, fox found window open downstairs then climbed upstairs, very tame fox then,
    i have doubts that was fox


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    Steodonn
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    Confab wrote: »
    Why is this news?

    http://sendables.jibjab.com/originals/what_we_call_the_news


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    tallaghtoutlaws
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    juice1304 wrote: »
    no it would'nt all they have to do is check the bite marks, and why do you think they would lie it would be stupid to put your children at risk after they had already been attacked. and attacks are not rare.

    When is the last time you heard of a fox attack anyone in their own home? And not just downstairs of the home but in an upstairs bedroom. If this is a common occurrence well fook me I must be living under a rock. Sure people get bitten by foxes often but not mauled in their upstairs bedroom.

    Skynews gave us this piece of news they are as good as any rubbish tabloid. Why wouldn't someone lie if the family pet actually did the damage. Some small dog bites can look a lot lot fox bites and Some people can make sh1t up on the spot if it meant keeping child services away.

    But hey all we have to go on is that article. Sure it could have been a fox but it just seems odd upstairs bedroom and all.


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    Jimmy Garlic
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    juice1304 wrote: »
    eh they are children so yes it is big enough, and there have been plenty of adults mauled by them too.

    Have you ever seen a fox up close?. I have, they are not very big, certainly not big enough to "maul" an adult. A Doberman will maul you, I can guarantee you a fox won't. As for a fox going into a house, going upstairs and jumping into a cot to attack babies, I just don't believe it. Foxes are very reclusive and wary creatures, they won't put themselves in a situation where they could be cornered.


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