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ROANOKE
Woman, 85, Fends Off Rabid Cat Attack
Bleeding from three bites and wearing only the housecoat she had on to retrieve her newspaper, an elderly Roanoke woman upended an attacking, rabies-crazed cat in the street in front of her home and, with her hand tight around its tail, beat the feline into submission against a nearby utility pole.
"The cat came from nowhere and jumped on me," said Isabelle Blankenship, 85. "We fought for a while. I think I must have won." Authorities said Monday that the animal was put to death after the Friday attack. An exam confirmed it had rabies.
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