This is the lawn care forum.....the giant weasel forum is two doors down on your left.

You should seek medical attention immediately.

Did you see where it went? You may need to find it to test for rabies. There are reports of rabies moving up the east coast.

What kind of animal was it? What was it's size? What color was it? Did you hear it make any sounds?

It was brown and about the size of a large cat. It actually managed to only bite my shoe-I had heard something rustling in a gardenbed and swept my foot over it hoping to scare a squirrel out and the thing nipped me and took off.

I suggest you try to catch it by using the good old 'cat trap'. Try to lure the animal with different kinds of bait.
When you've caught it, take the trap (with the beast still inside it) and shove the whole thing in the oven. Just turn on the gas, DO NOT LIGHT YOUR OVEN!
After approx. 20 mins, the beast should be dead. If not, you can repeat this procedure for prolonged periods of time.
When it's dead, you can examine it and skin it, if you like. I suggest you don't eat the meat though. My experience is that most of these wild beasts are tough and bitter in taste. Good luck, jamesn.

I disagree with freestylah.

I would hire a professional to take care of it. Depending on the animal, it may be illegal to kill it and if it's relocated, there oare often requirements that it be taken at least X miles (to ensure it doesn't simply return) but not more than Y miles (so it's in the same general habitat or something).

It can also be dangerous and you may get bitten for real before trapping and disposing it.

I disagree with freestylah, too. Natural gas is not poisonous. If the beast dies it will be from breathing all the oxygen. Secondly, when a mammal dies, all the sphincter muscles relax and let loose anything that was behind them. I would not want that mess to clean up in my oven.

Oh I forgot. When you let the gas run inside a house for 20 minutes, you have an explosion waiting to happen.

You could put poison in the trap.

Natural gas may not be poisonous, but when delivered in the right dose, it's pretty lethal. Trust me on this.
I didn't think about the 'sphincter' issue, because I have a seperate gas-operated oven for this purpose. As an alternative: You can also put the trap with the animal inside it in your bathtub. Then slowly fill it with water. The weight of the trap will keep it at the bottom. Believe me, it's quite a spectacle. Enjoy!

Believe me, it's quite a spectacle. Enjoy!

Alternately, you can call your local animal control, or use a Hav-A-Hart trap.

Alternatively, you could hire Michael Vick to help you take care of it. Seriously, the drowning and asphyxiating techniques sound cruel and possibly illegal. I would avoid these techniques at all costs.

Oven without fire for 20 mins? Then accidentally, you open the oven and switch on a light and make a spark? KABOOM!!! House is gone!

Followup to my email. If you do choose to shoot the weasel-like animal, make sure you use a gun/bullet combination that will kill it. The last thing you want is an angry wounded weasel loose near your kids.

I didn't know trolls posted to this forum.

I didn't know trolls posted to this forum.

At least the weasels haven't started yet.