WASHINGTON — Animal control officials are warning residents in a Fairfax County neighborhood about an aggressive raccoon that bit a woman on Wednesday.
Officers were called out around 9:30 a.m., June 10 after a 75-year-old woman was charged by the raccoon near the South Run Rec Center in Springfield, Virginia.
The woman was walking along a paved path near the overpass for Lee Chapel Road at the time she was attacked. She had stopped to take a photograph of the animal.
She was taken to the hospital with bites on her leg, hands and forearms.
Officials are still looking for the raccoon, which was last seen running into the park.
In the meantime, the nearby trail has been temporarily closed.
It is not known if the animal had rabies, however, officials say aggressive tendencies are among the signs of rabies.
The attack comes three days after a man was attacked by what was later to be determined a rabid raccoon in the 5300 block of Kings Park Drive in Springfield.
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