And Now For Something Completely Different...

PRESCOTT, Ariz. (AP) - With a fox locked onto her arm, an Arizona jogger ran a mile to her car, where she was able to dislodge the animal, throw it into the trunk and drive to a Prescott hospital. The Yavapai County Sheriff's Office said the fox, which later attacked an animal control officer, tested positive for rabies.

The unidentified Chino Valley resident told deputies she was on a trail Monday at the base of Granite Mountain when the fox attacked, biting her foot. The woman said she grabbed it by the neck when it went for her leg and it latched onto her arm.

Thinking the fox was rabid, she wanted to make sure it didn't get away so she ran to her car, where she was able to pry open its jaws, wrap it in a sweat shirt and toss it into the trunk.

The woman is receiving rabies vaccinations, as is the animal control officer.

(Nov 5 03:27 PM US/Eastern)

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Hmm. I tried to think of something pithy I could add to that story. Perhaps something about how there are sometimes issues in our lives -- issues that are dangerous and poisonous to us -- which seem to lock onto us and... No, that's no good. Or maybe something about how there are times in our lives when we try to run from our troubles, when in fact what we should do is hang on to them so that... No, that's no good either.

Oh forget it. Just be glad you don't have a rabid fox biting into you right now. No matter how bad your day might get, it's probably not ending up in a hospital getting rabies shots.