A LINCOLN WOMAN

SPEAKS TO EYEWITNESS

NEWS FROM HER

HOSPITAL BED...

AS SHE RECOVERS FROM

INJURIES SHE RECEIVED

WHEN THE WILD ANIMAL

ATTACKED HER IN BROAD

DAYLIGHT!

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THE WOMAN SUFFERED

SEVERE INJURIES TO THE

LOWER PORTION OF HER

BODY...

AND TONIGHT SHE

CREDITS A STATE

TROOPER WITH HELPING

SAVE HER FROM THE

FISHER CAT.

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EYEWITNESS NEWS

REPORTER MARILYN

SCHAIRER SPOKE TO THAT

VICTIM TODAY -

AND JOINS US LIVE AT

RHODE ISLAND HOSPITAL -

WITH WHAT SHE HAD TO

SAY.

( i was freakin out it was awful

so so

scared)

TRACEY CHARTIER (SHAR-TEE-

AIR) SITS IN HER HOSPITAL BED

SHARING HER "HORRORFYING"

STORY OF HOW SHE CAME

UNDER ATTACK AND WAS

MAULED IN HER BACKYARD BY A

WILD ANIMAL OFTEN REFERRED

TO AS A "FISHER CAT."

( he was attachd to my foot say

for a

good minute and a half...i was

trying

to get him off my foot, off my

foot,

off my foot)

CHARTIER OF LINCOLN

SUFFERED A SERIOUS LEG

WOUND, AND IS UNDERGOING

TREATMENT FOR INFECTION

AND A LOT OF PAIN.

SHE SAYS THE VICIOUS ATTACK

HAPPENED AROUND 3:30 LAST

WEDNESDAY, WHEN SHE TOOK

HER WEIMARANER DOG NAMED

BRUNO OUT FOR A WALK IN HER

BACKYARD ON HIGHLAND

STREET.WITHOUT ANY SHOES

ON HER FEET.

WITHIN A MINUTE AN ANIMAL,

SHE INITIALLLY THOUGHT WAS A

RACOON ,POUNCED ON HER

LEG AND SHOELESS FOOT.

THERE WAS LITTLE SHE COULD

DO BUT SCREAM AND TRY TO

KICK HIM OFF.

( THEY don't know for sure if he

bit

me or if it was his long claw

that

went through my skin. how

long....like this ( gestures )

CHARTIER, A NURSING

STUDENT. SAYS HER NEIGHBOR

RAN OVER TO HELP, BUT BY

THAT TIME, THE ANIMAL LET GO

AND RAN OFF INTO THE NEARBY

WOODS.

HER MOM AND OTHERS SAY THE

WHOLE THING IS FRIGHTENING

.

( i was in florida she texted me

she

got bit by a rabid cat)

( he was making a hissing sound,

not

screaming hissing!)

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