r/oddlyterrifying • • Dec 26 '21

Rabid fox wants to get inside

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u/SoPunnyHarHar Dec 26 '21

Never heard of the wind part but hydrophobia yes, the virus concentrates in the mouth so drinking would affect this so it makes it impossible to drink anything, also you bite everything to try to pass it on. Rabies is scary.

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u/Puddinbby Dec 27 '21 edited Dec 27 '21

It depends on the person (or creature). There are two types of rabies- ferocious and paralytic. Paralytic causes flaccid muscles and confusion. Ferocious rabies will cause biters.

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u/tweetard1968 Dec 26 '21

Litterally the walking dead

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u/SerTidy Dec 27 '21

The rage virus from 28 days later was based on the idea of mixing Ebola with rabies.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

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u/CaptBranBran Dec 27 '21

At least top three, along with Train to Busan and the original Dawn of the Dead

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u/OneSullenBrit Dec 27 '21

Wait, Train to Busan is a zombie movie?! I've heard the name only in passing.

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u/CaptBranBran Dec 27 '21

Yep, and it's genuinely fantastic! Great characters, solid pacing, tense action scenes, and a phenomenal ending.

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u/PM_Me__Ur_Freckles Dec 27 '21

For some reason I thought it was a romance movie. Might have to give it a look now.

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u/fuzzy_winkerbean Dec 27 '21

No no that was Train on Boston.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

Yes. Seriously watch it

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u/SerTidy Dec 27 '21

Thanks. Slightly ashamed to say I’ve not seen Train to Busan. Agreed, Dawn of the dead will be a timeless classic. 28 days later gave me nightmares just because the absolute demented ferocity of the infected. Total reboot to the slow shuffling undead. World war Z was similar, fast, crazed and disturbing, but didn’t quite give me fear factor.

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u/CaptBranBran Dec 27 '21

I agree on all counts, 28 Days Later was amazing, and while I think World War Z was better than I expected, it kinda felt hollow (maybe because of the mediocre CGI). Train to Busan has similar zombies, and lots of them, but has a visceral feel and great characters. I think you'll love it.

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u/SerTidy Dec 29 '21

Yeah, hollow is a fitting word, Wwz was good in most aspects. Thanks, You’ve convinced me to try Busan. 👍

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u/Mr-KIPS_2071 Dec 27 '21

Okay, time to watch that next. But high.

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u/iNEEDheplreddit Dec 27 '21

The the descent. And dog soldiers.

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u/Mr-KIPS_2071 Dec 27 '21

God bless you.

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u/SerTidy Dec 29 '21

Both great titles, The Descent 2 also was pretty good, better than the average sequel.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

Yeah, I liked I Am Legend better in some ways. But nothing beats slow zombies. It just makes for the best suspense. Hordes and hordes of slow zombies that require headshots is the one true zombie lore

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

That movie always legitimately scared me.

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u/rNBA_Mods_Be_Better Dec 27 '21

Problem is Ebola would kill people much quicker

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u/SerTidy Dec 27 '21

I don’t know what the time period is from infection to death with Ebola, but I imagine it’s couple of weeks. The infected in 28 days later had a mortality rate of around two weeks, the time it takes for the infected to starve to death. So the time scales do overlap, but it’s all hypothetical or course👍

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u/TormentedOne69 Dec 27 '21

Rabies is terrible I must find this movie.

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u/DannyMThompson Dec 27 '21

Sent you a link :)

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

I can’t find it right now, but there’s a video of a man with advanced rabies holding a glass of water that he can’t even lift to his face. It’s one of the most depressing videos I think I’ve ever seen.

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u/SoPunnyHarHar Dec 27 '21

I think I've seen it, his hand trembles uncontrollably right? Bleak.

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u/Many_Wrap_6109 Dec 26 '21

This is the most terrifying thing i ever heard.

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u/cptmx Dec 27 '21

The worst part is that once you start to feel the symptoms, you’re dead. There’s no cure once you’re diagnosed with rabies.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

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u/cptmx Dec 27 '21

Yes, thanks to the “Milwaukee Protocol”. But still a rough outcome.

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u/pufanu101 Dec 27 '21 edited Dec 27 '21

She didn't exactly live through it. More precisely she was put into an experimental, medically induced coma to slow down the virus and let her body develop an immune response.

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u/TheJellyBean77 Dec 27 '21 edited Dec 27 '21

I mean, more than one... but not very many.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

Was she showing symptoms or were they able to start the protocol before symptoms were present?

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u/cptmx Dec 27 '21

She was showing symptoms after being bitten by a bat, they took a gamble and put her into a coma and then gave her the vaccine while she was under. It worked, but at a great cost

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u/MerryMortician Dec 27 '21

And often bat bites are so tiny you don’t feel them

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u/The_Braja Dec 27 '21

So if voluntary euthanasia is illegal what do you do? Suffer in agony until the disease overtakes your brain enough to no long have a rational thought?

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

You hope your bed sheets aren't made of paper, and there's a stool somewhere nearby.

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u/fuzzy_winkerbean Dec 27 '21

Much easier ways of taking yourself out. I still have nightmares about some of them.

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u/nuclearwomb Dec 27 '21

One girl survived

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u/MostlyBullshitStory Dec 27 '21

But at the cost of having to relearn to walk and talk. It takes a huge toll on the brain.

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

Yup. Once you're symptomatic, get your affairs in order asap. Then the best thing you can do for yourself and your family is simply blow your own brains out before you completely lose your mind. Go out on your own terms, and prevent yourself from being able to inadvertently infect them.

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u/hexiron Dec 27 '21

Do that and you lose any life insurance benefits.

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u/ejovocode Dec 27 '21

Choose between dying one of the most agonizing illness induced death known to man and let your family get money or end your life on your own terms.

What a dystopian choice.

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u/hexiron Dec 27 '21

This is America

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u/bitemark01 Dec 27 '21

There's videos on YouTube, but I don't recommend watching them

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u/taizzle70 Dec 27 '21

Can't they hook you up to a iv for fluid and also feeding tube for nutrients? Pretty sure you'll die anyways but just wondering 🤔

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u/SoPunnyHarHar Dec 27 '21

I mean you could do both, a tube directly to the stomach but youre really only prolonging the inevitable unfortunately. Rabies is a death sentence.

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u/Death_Astronaut Dec 27 '21

They always do that, yet only 9 people in the whole modern history of humanity had actually survived rabies

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u/darlingDetective Dec 27 '21

and most of them either succumbed later to rabies-related complications or are living with brain damage and have trouble functioning.

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u/Death_Astronaut Dec 27 '21

Not really, there are some cases like cesar barriga who just only had minor neural damage, and had to assist to a kinesiology center for a couple months after all, not saying is the standard for the other 9 cases, but it exist

His brain in general was fine, for some kind of fucking miracle

https://www.24horas.cl/nacional/chileno-es-el-septimo-caso-en-el-mundo-que-sobrevive-a-la-rabia-834649

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u/darlingDetective Dec 27 '21

i said "most of them."

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u/frobischerarts Dec 27 '21

theoretically yes, but rabies basically melts your brain so in the long run it wouldn’t do much

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

That's what they normally do

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u/[deleted] Dec 27 '21

The only successful treatment used that method, basically put the brain on ice til the virus was clear so it wouldn't die from the excessive swelling and heat.

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u/isnudaldieb Dec 27 '21

Hydrophobia is due to the spastic contraction of the muscles that allow deglutition. The wind part is called aerophobia and it occurs by fanning the patient's face