I'm gonna go ahead and nominate
this guy for Badass of the Year:
Dale Rippy says he was acting on instinct when a rabid 25-pound bobcat attacked him on his porch in this central Florida suburb.
Rippy, 62, endured the bobcat's slashes and bites until it clawed into a position where he could grab it by the throat.
Then he strangled it.
Daaaaaaamn! Sounds like the dude has balls of steel.
Rippy said it was clear the crazed bobcat had to be stopped.
"I was bleeding everyplace," the Vietnam veteran said of the May 30 attack. "If that cat had attacked a child, it would've been really bad. It wouldn't have quit."
I find it amazing that he could think that clearly in such a batshit insane situation. Me, I'd probably be wetting myself, certainly not thinking about the safety of the neighborhood children.
"We give this guy a lot of credit for what he did," said Pasco County Animal Control Manager Denise Hilton. "The man was definitely using his head when he did that. If he let the cat go, we could have had more victims."
Not to mention the fact that he would probably be dead, too.
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