{"id":863741,"date":"2026-09-28T17:08:13","date_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:08:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863741\/"},"modified":"2026-09-28T17:08:13","modified_gmt":"2026-09-28T17:08:13","slug":"raccoon-attacks-86-year-old-man-in-pocatello-neighborhood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/863741\/","title":{"rendered":"Raccoon attacks 86-year-old man in Pocatello neighborhood"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MISSOULA, Mont.  \u2014 Two people sought medical treatment after an encounter with a raccoon in a Pocatello neighborhood Tuesday, according to Idaho Fish and Game.<\/p>\n<p>Officials said an 86-year-old man was retrieving his mail when a raccoon moved toward him, biting and scratching his legs and forearm. Another person who came to his aid was also scratched.<\/p>\n<p>Fish and Game euthanized the raccoon and submitted it for testing. The animal tested negative for rabies, while other test results are pending.<\/p>\n<p>Officials are reminding residents to keep their distance from raccoons and other wildlife and to seek medical advice if they are bitten or scratched.<\/p>\n<p>For more information, <a href=\"https:\/\/idfg.idaho.gov\/article\/individual-sustains-injuries-encounter-raccoon-pocatello-neighborhood\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">click here. <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"MISSOULA, Mont. \u2014 Two people sought medical treatment after an encounter with a raccoon in a Pocatello neighborhood&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":863742,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51],"tags":[79,201],"class_list":["post-863741","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-wildlife","tag-science","tag-wildlife"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863741","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=863741"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/863741\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/863742"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=863741"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=863741"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=863741"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}