March 31, 200719 yr Freak accident - Pattaya Mail A circus dwarf, nicknamed Od, died recently in the North when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus which was waiting to appear in the next act. Vets on the scene said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex which automatically caused her to swallow. They added in mitigation that the hefty creature was a vegetarian who had not previously digested a circus performer. Unfortunately, the 1000 plus spectators continued to applaud wildly until common sense dictated there had been a tragic mistake. Police said the trampoline has been sent for forensic analysis. http://www.pattayamail.com/309/columns.htm#hd7
March 31, 200719 yr Well, you've gotta admit . . . if you have to die, that's one hell of a way to do it. Think of the odds. In all of human history, and the billions upon billions of people who have ever lived, how many bounced from a trampoline and ended up swallowed by a hippo? Even Torquemada wouldn't have come up with a death like that. I guess there's a first time for everything. How would you like to have been the person who had to explain what happened to the poor guy's family?
March 31, 200719 yr That one goes way back... http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp
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