Heard on the radio this morning about a zoo worker, don't know where, who had an elephant that was having BM troubles. Seems he gave the elephant something like 24 doses of a laxative, then was trying to administer a laxative oil from the, um, rear... when suddenly the BM let loose explosively, the zoo worker fell backwards and struck his head hard on something, knocked out, and was buried under 200 pounds of you-know-what! He suffocated before anyone realized anything had happened. What a way to go.... :eek2:
The article from http://www.emergency-nurse.com/darwin/2001.htm: PADERBORN, GERMANY Overzealous zoo keeper 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 it 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. "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."
in my area a couple of years ago two farm workers died in similiar material different animals . the two men were working on a slurry pit ,which for you flatlanders is a sh-t pit part of the process was to mix in water so it spreads better . inside the pump house the men were overcome with the gases off of the slurry pond and they fell in and drowned.
http://www.darwinawards.com/legends/legends1998-09.html The following stories are apocryphal. They are included on the Darwin Awards website because they are inspirational narratives of the astounding efforts of legendary Darwin Awards contenders. Am I correct in assuming this is folklore??
