I'm sure this was funny to everyone but Mr. Riesfeldt's family.
Man, this is NOT how I would choose to leave this world....
Paderborn, Germany - Zookeeper Friedrich Riesfeldt fed his constipated elephant 22 doses of animal laxative and more than a bushel of berries, figs and prunes. The plugged-up pachyderm finally let fly. Standing next to his elephant, Mr. Riesfeldt suffocated under 200 pounds of elephant manure. Investigators say Riesfeldt, 46, was attempting to give the ailing elephant an enema when the 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 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.
Yep, I think that this would qualify as a bad day at the office....
http://www.snopes.com/critters/malice/feces.htm
Hey Northstar,
paderborn is just 15 miles from where I live, so I can assure you that thus UL is NOT true and that the original was datelined April 1st.
Stu
Jack, I was going to comment that this item "reeks" of urban legend, but it seems that suggestion has already "passed"