Animal experts are amazed

Foxes mauled living man: how can this be?

Foxes do not usually attack humans, but in South Tyrol they attacked a man.

(Bild: Leopold Kanzler)

The discovery was macabre, the circumstances very mysterious. In Feldthurns in South Tyrol, search parties found local resident Albert Stockner (73) lying unconscious on the ground. His body was covered in countless fox bites. He died a short time later in hospital. Krone+ asked Austrian animal experts about the abnormal animal behavior. The explanations are unusual.

Originally, the investigators suspected that the bite marks could have come from a wolf, a dog or a golden jackal. Only a DNA analysis and an autopsy revealed more details.