A 77-year-old man received treatment after being attacked by a fox in Farmingdale.

According to the Kennebec Journal, the man was taking his trash out around 10 a.m. Tuesday when a gray fox bit him on the leg and hand.

Game wardens shot the fox, but the animal ran under a collapsed barn on the property.

Wildlife officials believe the fox is dead, but they weren’t able to retrieve it and have it tested for rabies.

It’s unclear if the fox was rabid, but it comes after multiple reports of rabid animal attacks throughout the state this year.

The man was taken to the hospital, where he was treated for the bites and given a rabies shot.