AN 11 YEAR OLD JOHNSON CITY GIRL IS BEING TREATED AFTER SHE WAS BITTEN BY A RABID RACCOON. AUTHORITIES SAID THE GIRL WAS BITTEN IN HER BASEMENT SUNDAY AT HER HOME ON WHITTLING WOOD DRIVE. IT WAS DARK OUTSIDE AND THE GIRL THOUGHT IT WAS THE NEIGHBORS DOG, BUT THE NEXT MORNING, HER PARENTS DISCOVERED THE ANIMAL STILL IN THE BASEMENT. THEY TRAPPED IT, AND TOOK THEIR DAUGHTER TO THE HOSPITAL TO UNDERGO TREATMENT FOR RABIES. THE RACCOON TESTED POSITIVE FOR THE DISEASE. TWO OTHER RACCOONS CAPTURED IN THE NEARBY AREA THE SAME DAY ALSO TESTED POSITIVE FOR RABIES.