Florida woman speaks out after suffering wild raccoon attack in her backyard

A woman is speaking out after she declared a wild raccoon attacked her on her own property in Palm Beach Gardens Gayle Heinz mentioned she felt a bite on her leg as soon as she opened her backyard door And I step out like this and all of a sudden I feel something on my leg biting me and I look and it s this huge raccoon and I scream of module and shake him off and he runs off to the corner she reported After being bitten she mentioned she fleetly ran inside and doused her leg in peroxide When her husband got home they rushed to the crisis room Her daughter then came to the home to wait for animal control The raccoon had come out and come to the pool to get specific water and then wandered to the end of the courtyard and spit up blood and keeled over and died Gayle explained The raccoon s body was then sent to the lab to get tested for rabies To be safe Gayle also opted to get vaccinated It was definitely more uncommon just because the animal died on its own right after the exposure declared David Walesky of Palm Beach Animal Control You may see an animal acting very friendly You may see an animal acting very aggressive You may see an animal that is very vocal making a lot of noises that are unexplainable Fortunately the animal tested negative for the deadly infection Gayle says she s relieved She believes the raccoon may have ingested rat poison If not she jokes that maybe she s the dilemma All of my friends were saying Oh my God one bite of Gayle and he s dead ' Experts remind everyone to keep wildlife away ensure trash cans are secure and ensure food is not left out in the open