'Selfie' Bites Back

Wildlife selfie:  Jack Gangwish, a 21- year-old defensive end for the University of Nebraska grabbed a selfie with a raccoon.

‘Selfie’ bites back. The petition taken up against Gangwish had nearly 100,000 signatures as of 20 December 2014.  If only the petitions concerning asbestos (Schmidheiny) and classifying electromagnetic radiation as a carcinogen, Class 1, could be supported by so many people!

College football player bitten by RACCOON after he stopped to take a selfie with it... then killed the critter with a wrench so it can be tested for rabies
by Kiernan Corcoran, dailymail, 5 December 2014

· Jack Gangwish, 21, snapped selfie with the 'soft and friendly' critter
· Defensive end for University of Nebraska spotted creature out driving
· But it bit him on the calf afterwards - prompting fears of rabies
· He then killed the critter with a wrench so it could be taken for testing

A college football player got bitten by a raccoon after stopping on a drive through rural Nebraska to take a selfie with it.

Jack Gangwish, 21, a defensive end for the University of Nebraksa's Cornhuskers, spotted the 'soft and friendly' critter while driving near Lincoln, Nebraska, and stopped to take a picture with it.

But seconds after he had taken the snap, the animal bit him on the calf - prompted a violent reaction from the 6'2", 260lbs college junior, who killed it with a wrench.
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