Here in Britain, we don't have rabies (except in bats).

It is very rare for rabies to cross species, but I was wondering whether anyone has any recolection of a report that suggests a rabid sasquatch.

If so, what was the likley source ? Dog, fox, bat etc.

I know this is speculation, but isn't everything we talk about here ?

Not quite true Paul. As I understand it the strain of rabies
in bats in europe doesn't cross species very well. The
strains associated with raccoons and skunks (major carriers
in the U.S.) are associated with spillover in the U.S. though.
Apparently it hasn't been studied very well yet. I know that
in this area of MD, that the DNR puts out huge amounts of baits
laced with rabies vaccine to keep the raccoon population as "clean"
as possible...

This question came up once before in a thread, I just can't remember
where

Could it be possible that after all the years Sasquatch has spent in the wilds, that it's species has become immune to hydrophobia (rabies)?

Hyenas are the only wild animal known that is immune to rabies. All primate and other mamallian species are succeptable to rabies.

Along with bats, wild foxes are also widespread carriers of rabies in Europe.

Rabies is a virus that can remain dormant in the muscle tissue surrounding a bite for up to a year. However, once it finds its way to nerve endings, it travels quickly to the spinal cord and then to the brain. There are only three documented cases of humans who have survived rabies.

If you are ever bitten by a wild animal suspected of rabies, it is incredibly important that you immediately cleans the wound with at least a 20 percent soap solution and seek administration of rabies immune globulin (rabies virus antiserum) if you have never been vaccinated against rabies; and then administration of the human diploid-cell rabies vaccine in five doses, given on days 0, 3, 7, 14, and 28 postexposure.

Steve, thanks for the info.

Glad to see you back here once again, man.

I've been refiling my stuff and just came across a one-sentence item in Track Record (I think) that said that animals with rabies can emit shrieks that sound like no known animal. One more thing to keep in the back of our minds.

Good advice.

My dad was bitten by a rabid dog when he was a young man. He passed out after every one of the shots was administered.

I went through the prerabies series (given in the arm, not the stomach) years ago, but I think if I were to be bitten by a rabid animal that I'd go ahead and take the antiserum.