Endless thanks to Nom de Grr for the link:

Badger rampage injures five

A rogue badger attacked five people during a 48-hour rampage in a quiet suburb.

One man required two skin graft operations, after the badger woke him up and attacked him when he went outside to investigate.

Other victims included a man who was attacked as he walked home from a pub, in Evesham, Worcestershire.

Mike Weaver, from the Worcestershire Badger Society, said: “I have never heard of anything like this in 24 years of work with badgers throughout the UK.”

“My husband opened the door and the badger sat there and then, gradually, just slowly walked towards him and attacked him.

“It caught him on his arm and, in the process of trying to get the badger off himself, he’s lost quite a lot of skin on his arm and some of the flesh.”

Mrs Fitzgerald said the badger also bit her husband’s leg, forcing the couple to flee inside their house.

“It was terrifying because we didn’t expect a badger to attack because we know that badgers, when they smell a human, will disappear,” she said.

“I was called out on Thursday night. A young man walking home, I presume from the pub, had been bitten by a badger.”

The animal was nowhere to be seen, but early on Friday morning Mr Weaver received a call from police after it was seen chasing people.

“The police officer told me it had kept some of their officers at bay and indeed they had to jump on to the bonnet of a car to escape it.”

Mr Weaver said it was extraordinary behaviour for an animal that is usually wary of people.
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Obviously they should have tempted it with mushrooms, or perhaps a snake.