STOW, Maine — Two incidents this week involving attacks believed to be by the same possibly rabid bobcat are being investigated by the Maine Warden Service of the Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife.
Stow Selectman John Plowden, 52, and his son, Justin, 17, of Union Hill Road, were attacked at their barn by a bobcat Wednesday night.
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