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Rabies epidemic was like a war in Eastern Oregon

Published: July 16, 2020, 2 p.m.

State health officials scoffed at the idea of hydrophobia in Oregon — until people started dying. It was the start of a decade of attacks by mad coyotes, when folks carried shotguns everywhere and nature seemed to be in open revolt. (Eastern Oregon; 1916) (For text and pictures, see http://offbeatoregon.com/1303b-rabies-epidemic-eastern-oregon-mad-coyotes.html)