Ellen Hudiburg, her 9-year-old son
and their 11-year-old Cairn terrier were walking at noon
Saturday on a trail in Superior, near McCaslin Boulevard
and Coalton Road, when a rattlesnake appeared out of
nowhere and lunged at the dog, McDuff.
“It whipped around and struck him, and then it struck
my foot and tugged at my laces,” Hudiburg said. “I was
freaking out and pulled away, and I saw this thing coil
and rattle.”
Her son was screaming, and — at first — McDuff was quiet.
Then, Hudiburg said, he began to howl.
“I leaned down to see if he got hit, and there was blood
running from his eyes,” she said. “Then he started
making an awful noise and biting the dirt.”
Hudiburg scooped McDuff up and started running to her car,
less than a mile away, but McDuff faded fast.
“I felt him die in my arms,” said Hudiburg, who lives in Erie
with her husband, son and two teenage daughters.
Read more about snake dangers and McDuff at DailyCamera.com.
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Superior...... McDuff, a Cairn terrier, died after being bitten by a rattlesnake. (via the Daily Camera)">
Superior...... McDuff, a Cairn terrier, died after being bitten by a rattlesnake. (via the Daily Camera)">
