Fox sneaks into home and bites three-month-old baby

Carley Clarkson woke to see blood around her baby11:10, 23 Aug 2026A horrified mum has told how a fox sneaked into her home and bit her three-month-old baby daughter's head as the pair slept. Carly Clarkson had dozed off while feeding little Josephine, only to be woken with a start by the animal sniffing her face - before noticing blood around her baby lying beside her.‌Mum-of-two Carly, 37, screamed and then realised the full horror as she saw four, bloody puncture wounds on her baby's head. She snatched up Josephine and chased the fox to the top of the stairs, before darting to her one-year-old daughter’s room to check she was alright.‌Carly, who had left the back door to their home in Watford, Hertfordshire, open, said: “Imagine waking up and your child's blood is next to you. It was ab