Bear keeper in Ohio attack dies in bizarre fashion

Associated Press ^ | July 13, 2011 | MEGHAN BARR

[Free ThinkerNY]

CLEVELAND (AP) -- An exotic-animal keeper who made headlines after one of his bears killed a caretaker was found dead and chained to his bed, asphyxiated in an apparent accident during sexual role-playing, authorities said.

Sam Mazzola, 49, was found last week face down on his water bed, wearing a mask and with his arms and legs restrained, said Dr. Frank P. Miller III, a pathologist at the Lorain County coroner's office. He had choked on a sex toy, Miller said in an e-mailed statement.

[Red Badger]

He didn’t tie himself down....................

[almost done by half]

Who was the real animal in the zoo?

[ColdOne]

Oh my!

[FeliciaCat]

You just can make this crap up....truth is always stranger then fiction.

[FeliciaCat]

You just can make this crap up....truth is always stranger then fiction.

[org.whodat]

Not all nuts are found under a tree.

[LukeL]

I guess he had been a very bad boy and needed to be punished.

[ColdOne]

Someone else was at the home and helped Mazzola undertake the acts but left before he died How was he supposed to untie himself?

[gibsosa]

Wha... WTH?????

[Williams]

Sort of no connection between the two incidents?

[freedomlover]

[WOBBLY BOB]

“Weekend at Barney’s IV”

[AnAmericanAbroad]

Of course, the story would’ve been FAR more interesting if he’d managed to combine his professional life with his (ahem!) unusual sexual predilictions.

[NoGrayZone]

Ewwwwwww!

[Vaquero]

is it

An exotic-animal keeper

or

An exotic animal-keeper

[Steely Tom]

Someone else was at the home and helped Mazzola undertake the acts but left before he died...

A Person of Too Much Information.

[Williams]

“Zoo keeper don’t care, he’s a horny bastard.”

[ColdOne]

;)

[andy58-in-nh]

Another day, another “chained bear keeper chokes on sex toy” story. WTF.

[Charles Henrickson]

Someone else was at the home and helped Mazzola undertake the acts but left before he died. . . .

[Paved Paradise]

Bizarre postscript. My husband knew this guy from school days. What’s that saying? You live by the sword....

[Past Your Eyes]

I guess “sexual role playing” meant he got to play the dead guy for the necrophiliac.

[Paved Paradise]

How can you explain the kind of people who engage in this weird stuff? The Devil’s play.

[donhunt]

The bear won’t have to put up with his perverted crap any more.

[Deb]

Um... nevermind.

[freedomlover]

“Another day, another “chained bear keeper chokes on sex toy” story. WTF.”

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Y’know, they got a Ping List for that . . .

[Deb]

Um... nevermind.

[woofie]

This is not how someone wants to be remembered

[ExpatGator]

I can barely bear to read the replies to this....

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

And people thought Vetter was weird with his diaper fetish.

[gov_bean_ counter]

Mazzola? The victim of a sex romp gone bad and his name is Mazzola???

OHG(osh)

[RexBeach]

At first I thought the headline read “Beerkeeper...”

[Albion Wilde]

is it An exotic-animal keeper or An exotic animal-keeper

Bearkeeper, schmerkeeper. At least he wasn't a marriage counselor.

[Past Your Eyes]

You just shouldn’t trust someone who sells a skunk without a license. I can just hear John Kerry (who served in Vietnam) walking into the town hall and saying “I wanna get me one of them there skunk sellin’ licenses.”

[meyer]

Some days, you get the bear;
Some days, the bear gets you...

[Thrownatbirth]

Capt. Little Joe would have gotten him on the right path.

[Portcall24]

Excuse me Mr. Piano Player...but do you know your monkey just peed in my beer?

No, but if you’ll hum a few verses, I’ll try it.

[Portcall24]

Excuse me Mr. Piano Player...but do you know your monkey just peed in my beer?

No, but if you’ll hum a few verses, I’ll try it.

[Portcall24]

Sorry for the dup!

[mikrofon]

Who knows what other perversions this guy was into?

[defconw]

So is the bear a suspect?

[Bean Counter]

“Single White Male, 40ish, Bearish, water bed sports fan, hide-the weenie and bondage game player seeks overweight, white, vegan, Female; Code Pinko-crat with an open mind, interesting selections of personal tattoos, a variety of amusing adult “toys”, and access to 55 gallon drums of personal lubricants.

No wierdos, please.”

[Jeff Chandler]

“Snatch the pebble from my hand ...”

[Tijeras_Slim]

This is not how someone wants to be remembered

Better than "Aspiring Rapper".

[mikrofon]

"Lubricant" of choice?

[Tijeras_Slim]

Who knows what other perversions this guy was into?

I'm certain poo figured into it.

[Dubya-M-DeesWent2SyriaStupid!]

LOL at least he name was not Lou B Recant

[gov_bean_ counter]

CUT IT OUT. You’re gonna get me in trouble.