Ridecamp: Re: [RC] Helmets..if only this guy had one on!

 

Now this guy's time was definitely up! What a crappy way to go. Great story, thanks for sharing.

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> 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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