Maybe, Teddy- but this was in 1953-1954-- parents were scared stiff about polio, and when David's folks took him to the hospital, they didn't take any chances- as the squirrel apparently "hauled-ass" after he bit my buddy, no way to autopsy the head, as they do with dog bites, so they did the preventative measures-- and David survived-- Going out like the late Alphonse Capone did- from "the sift"- and going out from rabies, both very painful ways to die-- Myself-- when I have a squirrel dropped on the ground from a tree shot with a .22 CCI- HP Mini-Mag, before I pick it up and drop it in the game bag, I whack it hard with a stick- if it moves or even flinches, it gets another Mini-Mag in the ear-- ammo is cheap-- dying from rabies ain't an option.
