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
1 posted on
01/31/2009 2:02:26 PM PST by
woofie
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To: woofie
Hippo eats Dwarf Why not. The whole damn world has gone mad.
2 posted on
01/31/2009 2:04:08 PM PST by
FlingWingFlyer
(I wish it was 20 January 2013. I've had enough of this crap already.)
To: woofie
Lord have mercy! What a horrible way to die! Prayers indeed for this guy and his family.
3 posted on
01/31/2009 2:04:28 PM PST by
basil
( It's time to eliminate all "Gun Free Zones")
To: woofie
“freak accident”
Now that’s not very nice.
5 posted on
01/31/2009 2:05:41 PM PST by
Brilliant
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6 posted on
01/31/2009 2:08:14 PM PST by
krb
(Obama is a miserable failure.)
To: woofie
That has to be the next Darwin award winner, hands down..
7 posted on
01/31/2009 2:08:47 PM PST by
ken5050
(Don't blame me, I voted for Palin!!)
To: woofie
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.
To: woofie
Does this mean we wont have to hear from Robert Reichhh anymore ?
10 posted on
01/31/2009 2:11:20 PM PST by
libh8er
To: woofie
11 posted on
01/31/2009 2:11:49 PM PST by
Vaquero
( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
To: woofie; Xenalyte
It’s only news if a dwarf eats a hippo.
12 posted on
01/31/2009 2:12:52 PM PST by
Lazamataz
(Illegal Zombies: Just Eating the Brains that Ordinary Americans Won't Eat)
To: woofie
They should have been able to pull him back out.
14 posted on
01/31/2009 2:13:36 PM PST by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: woofie
15 posted on
01/31/2009 2:14:49 PM PST by
TASMANIANRED
(TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
To: woofie
The whole story seems very Od...
16 posted on
01/31/2009 2:14:51 PM PST by
Junior_G
To: woofie

The wee ones just taste better!
17 posted on
01/31/2009 2:14:53 PM PST by
IrishPennant
(Patriotism is strongest when accompanied by bad politics, loyal FRiends and great whiskey)
To: woofie
18 posted on
01/31/2009 2:15:15 PM PST by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet)
To: woofie
And for his next trick, he’ll come out in the end.
19 posted on
01/31/2009 2:15:32 PM PST by
RichInOC
(No! BAD Rich! (What'd I say?))
To: woofie
Like all threads, this is useless without pictures.


20 posted on
01/31/2009 2:16:17 PM PST by
Diogenesis
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: woofie

"Nobody swallows a Dwarf!"
22 posted on
01/31/2009 2:17:36 PM PST by
magslinger
(I talk to myself but sometimes I like a third opinion.)
To: woofie
You can’t make this stuff up.
25 posted on
01/31/2009 2:18:22 PM PST by
SouthDixie
(We are but angels with one wing, it takes two to fly.)
To: woofie
You need to check things out before you post them here. I got that email five years ago. It wasn't true then. I doubt it's true now. Only the place has been changed to fool the innocent and naive.
Check it out here Collected on the internet 1994
1. snopes.com: Hippo Eats Dwarf
Was a circus dwarf swallowed by a hippopotamus?
...Home --> Horrors --> Freakish Fatalities --> Hippo Eats Dwarf Hippo Eats Dwarf Claim: A circus dwarf died when he bounced off a trampoline into the...
...From the Las Vegas Sun: An Austrian circus dwarf died recently when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a hippopotamus. Seven...
...people watched as little Franz Dasch popped into the mouth of Hilda the Hippo and the animal's gag reflex forced it to swallow. The crowd applauded...
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:23:39 GMT http://www.snopes.com/horrors/freakish/hippoeatsdwarf.asp
2. snopes.com: Typographical Errors
Miscellaneous newspaper stories and typographical errors.
...Paul Finch, returned home unexpectedly, and, spotting an intruder in the garden, had visiting Mrs Finch and, hearing the front door open, had climbed out...
...An Austrian circus dwarf died recently when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a hippopotamus. Seven thousand people watched as...
...people watched as little Franz Dasch popped into the mouth of Hilda the Hippo and the animal's gag reflex forced it to swallow. The crowd applauded...
Sat, 31 Jan 2009 12:30:07 GMT http://www.snopes.com/humor/nonsense/typos01.asp
27 posted on
01/31/2009 2:20:00 PM PST by
Waryone
To: woofie
29 posted on
01/31/2009 2:21:17 PM PST by
steveo
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