Hippo eats Dwarf

unknown newspaper via internet

[woofie]

Bangkok: A hippopotamus swallowed a circus dwarf in a "freak accident" in northern Thailand according to a columnist in the Pattaya Mail.

The Grapevine column reported" A circus dwarf nicknamed Od,died recently when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus waiting to appear in the next act"

"Vets said Hilda the Hippo had a gag reflex which caused her to swallow. More than 1000 spectators continued to applaud wildly until they realized there had been a tragic mistake"

[woofie]

I recieved a scanned newspaper copy of the above article in a email from a realtive. In order to post it I have faithfully transcribed it. I believe it to be true ... however I cannot prove it as I have no source.

Prayers for Od and his family

[FlingWingFlyer]

Hippo eats Dwarf

Why not. The whole damn world has gone mad.

[basil]

Lord have mercy! What a horrible way to die! Prayers indeed for this guy and his family.

[woofie]

Do not try this at home

[Brilliant]

“freak accident”

Now that’s not very nice.

[krb]

Always check out snopes.

[ken5050]

That has to be the next Darwin award winner, hands down..

[scrabblehack]

There was a question on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” a few years ago — I don’t remember what the four choices were, but I think it was lion, tiger, hippo, and crocodile.

Which kills more people? was the question.

The correct answer was hippo. As I recall the contestant either didn’t answer or got it wrong.

[Krankor]

I don’t care if it’s not true, I still believe it.

[libh8er]

Does this mean we wont have to hear from Robert Reichhh anymore ?

[Vaquero]

this was on the web a year or more ago.....

http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp

and according to snopes its bogus.

[Lazamataz]

It’s only news if a dwarf eats a hippo.

[woofie]

sad ...it was too good to be true

[TASMANIANRED]

They should have been able to pull him back out.

[TASMANIANRED]

Oh the huge Manatee.

[Junior_G]

The whole story seems very Od...

[IrishPennant]

The wee ones just taste better!

[JoeProBono]

[RichInOC]

And for his next trick, he’ll come out in the end.

[Diogenesis]

Like all threads, this is useless without pictures.