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    Re: [RC] Helmets..if only this guy had one on! - amber applegate


     
    Now this guy's time was definitely up! What a crappy way to go. Great story, thanks for sharing.
    amber
     
     
     
    > PADERBORN, GERMANY - Overzealous zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt fed his
    > constipated elephant Stefan 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a
    > bushel of berries, figs and prunes before the plugged-up pachyderm finally
    > let fly-and suffocated the keeper under 200 pounds of poop. Investigators
    > say ill-fated Friedrich, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an
    > olive-oil enema when the relieved beast unloaded on him like a dump truck
    > full of mud. "The sheer force of the elephant's unexpected defecation
    > knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground, where he struck his head on a rock and
    > lay unconscious as the elephant continued to evacuate his bowels on top of
    > him,"said flabbergasted Paderborn police detective Erik Dern. "With no one
    > there to help him, he lay under all that dung for at least an hour before a
    > watchman came along, and during that time he suffocated. It seems to be just
    > one of those freak accidents that happen sometimes -- a billion-to-one shot,
    > at least."  The heartbreaking tale of constipation and tragedy began April
    > 23 when the conscientious zookeeper noticed that his prize, 8,000-pound
    > African elephant didn't seem to be producing his usual poop aplenty.
    > "Friedrich had actually been concerned for several days because he knew that
    > severe
    > constipation can kill an elephant," assistant zookeeper Kurt Herrman
    > recalled. "He told me he was going to stay late that Thursday night to treat
    > Stefan with laxatives and possibly give him an enema. I offered to help, but
    > he sent me on home, saying he had everything under control." Two hours
    > later, horrified night watchman Walter Pleuger found Friedrich lying
    > lifeless under
    > a mound of muck, his body visible only from the knees down. "I had never
    > really thought about it before," Det. Dern said. "But obviously, giving an
    > elephant an enema can be a very dangerous activity and not something that
    > should be attempted alone."
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    [RC] Helmets..if only this guy had one on!, sindy mccosker