Update Wednesday 5:30 pm:

A bobcat that attacked a Tallahassee woman this week has tested positive for rabies.
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The bobcat bit and scratched Elaine Grace as she was walking her dogs on a trail behind the Ashford Club Apartments.

An animal control spokesman says Grace -- plus seven others who responded to the incident -- will undergo a post exposure vaccination series.

A dog involved in the incident was up to date on it's rabies shots and will be monitored over the next 45 days.

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57-year-old Elaine Grace says she walks her dogs on a trail behind the Ashford Club Apartments every day -- but this time her walk was anything but relaxing.

Just as Grace's Jack Russell Terrier noticed a bobcat in the bushes, the bobcat attacked.

"As soon as it let go of my dog, it attacked me, just leaped on me," said Grace.

After it latched on to her shoulder and chest, Grace instinctively grabbed the bobcat by the neck and pinned it to the ground.

"I just grabbed it around the throat and held it down and screamed and screamed and screamed," she said.

Two people nearby heard the fight and heard those screams.

"It sounded like dogs were fighting and so I ran down there and I just helped her hold it down and someone else heard her screaming and came and helped hold it down also," said Chad Benson.

Neighbors say they had seen the big cat around the residential area all day and say they're glad no one was hurt too badly.

Grace received several deep scratches and puncture wounds to the shoulder and chest, but is in good condition.

The bobcat however, will be euthanized and checked for rabies.

A Leon County Animal Control spokesman says in his seven years of service he has never before seen a bobcat attack within Tallahassee city limits.