Posted on 07/20/2005 10:12:24 AM PDT by SolidSupplySide
Kiev, Ukraine: A drunk who broke into a zoo cage was seriously injured when two black bears housed there attacked him as he tried to make them perform circus tricks, according to a Sehodnia newspaper report yesterday.
The incident took place at the municipal zoo in Ukraine's central provincial capital of Cherkassy.
The man, described in the report as "Konstantin, aged 22", succeeded in getting over an iron fence, a three-metre rock wall and a water-filled moat to reach the bears.
According to eyewitness reports, Konstantin hit the male bear with a steel bar after it ignored his orders to stand on its hind legs, speak and perform circus-style tricks.
The bear retaliated by knocking Konstantin to the ground and mauling him. A female bear in the enclosure, which up to that point had ignored the proceedings, joined in the attack.
The animals stopped their assault once the drunken man became motionless.
A bystander was able to drag Konstantin out of the enclosure to safety. He is reportedly in a serious but stable condition in a Cherkassy hospital.
That must have been some pretty good vodka!
I didn't know Ted Kennedy was branching out.
potential Dawin award winner......he hit a bear with a pipe, duh,
He might have had better luck had he tried this on circus bears instead of zoo bears. It's a learning curve thing.
But not as bad as "homemade parachute"
Sorta in the league with Stupid People Tricks---
"Hey Barry, look...theres some guy dancing in our cage. Lets play with him a bit!"
tell me that's photo shop, please.
leave it up to Fierce Allegiance to turn this into something really screwy.
Hold Muh Vodka and watch this...
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I believe you could turn a demonstration on widgets into something perverse.
ah, wait a minute...I've got a excellent imagination and I can do that myself, no photoshop needed.
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