Possible weasel of Caerbannog, with a vicious streak a mile wide, on a Franklin Park path.
A concerned citizen filed a 311 complaint about a white weasel with no fear on the Forest Hills Street side of Franklin Park this evening:
Rabid white weasel at Franklin park. Chased after me and my dog and was not bothered by my dog’s barking and growling.
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hmm
By Fenway Crank
Sat, 08/19/2023 - 9:02pm
I’m pretty sure I just saw a rabid white weasel on TV
Not sure this is out of character, though.
By Tim Mc.
Sat, 08/19/2023 - 10:41pm
I've heard that weasels can just be like that sometimes, no rabies involved. (Maybe defending a burrow?)
Possibly
By anon
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 6:16am
Somebody’s escaped pet
They are not exactly known
By KTK
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 6:47am
They are not exactly known for being friendly
Weasels Ripped My Flesh
By monkeynaut
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 11:03am
They're cute, but they are fierce. If they're hungry or determined enough, they will take on much larger animals or groups of animals. I have seen a few get into friends' poultry enclosures. One weasel vs twenty chickens is not as lopsided a fight as you'd think.
Maybe
By MrDines
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 7:41pm
It’s doing the Dwarf Nebula Processional March.
After attending
By jmeltzer
Mon, 08/21/2023 - 11:21am
the Eric Dolphy Memorial Barbecue.
And keep your mamas away from those guitars.
Hungry Weasel
By GaryC
Sat, 08/19/2023 - 11:16pm
It was chasing your dog, not you. Hungry weasel looking for a quick meal.
Sad. Abandoned ferret.
By anon
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 2:57am
Sad. Abandoned ferret.
Weaseling out of things is
By Homer Simpson
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 6:44am
Weaseling out of things is important to learn. It's what separates us from the animals. Except the weasel.
Nice one, Adam!
By Cleary Squared
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 8:08am
It must be a relative of the Rabbit of Caerbannog.
That bunny wasn't rabid.
By jmeltzer
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 2:17pm
It was just mean.
Rabid?
By merlinmurph
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 1:05pm
Our local police report is filled with entries of people seeing a wild animal, always with the comment "possibly rabid". These judgements are meaningless and I believe are simply to raise attention and priority to their entry.
Anyways, cool looking animal.
Technically not wrong, any
By xyz
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 5:26pm
Technically not wrong, any mammal is "possibly" rabid in the same way I might "possibly" be President someday. (In both cases, let's hope not.)
Weasels vs Dirt Bikers
By FakeBostonCharlie
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 4:01pm
Who would you bet on?
There's only one way to find
By xyz
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 4:16pm
There's only one way to find out: try it. Whichever one loses, we win.
I'm going with weasels
By monkeynaut
Mon, 08/21/2023 - 11:03am
It depends on how many of each there are. Doesn't take too many weasels to chew through all the wiring harnesses and brake lines on a dirtbike. On the other hand, if the bikes are already moving, the weasels might not have the vertical jump to pull this off.
Maybe a pet ferret, that
By anon
Sun, 08/20/2023 - 5:07pm
Maybe a pet ferret, that could explain the behavior.
Ferret?
By Nonagenarian
Mon, 08/21/2023 - 12:08am
Could that be someone’s escaped pet ferret? Would explain confidence.
Ferret?
By C,Hirsch
Mon, 08/21/2023 - 8:26am
That looks a lot more like a white ferret (domesticated species predating domesticated cats) than a weasel, and the reason that it might be relatively unafraid is that it was raised with humans and dogs.
I hope that Animal Control can catch it.
An aggressive wild animal is
By NoMoreBanks
Mon, 08/21/2023 - 11:08am
An aggressive wild animal is not automatically rabid. Anyone who has experienced an animal actually in the stages of rabies where they are aggressive will tell you it is not like normal animal aggression. There is a weird zombie-like quality to it.