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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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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.)
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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")
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“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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Always check out snopes.
6 posted on 01/31/2009 2:08:14 PM PST by krb (Obama is a miserable failure.)
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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!!)
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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.


8 posted on 01/31/2009 2:09:05 PM PST by scrabblehack
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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
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this was on the web a year or more ago.....

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

and according to snopes its bogus.


11 posted on 01/31/2009 2:11:49 PM PST by Vaquero ( "an armed society is a polite society" Robert A. Heinlein)
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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)
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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.)
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Oh the huge Manatee.


15 posted on 01/31/2009 2:14:49 PM PST by TASMANIANRED (TAZ:Untamed, Unpredictable, Uninhibited.)
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The whole story seems very Od...


16 posted on 01/31/2009 2:14:51 PM PST by Junior_G
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Photobucket

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)
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18 posted on 01/31/2009 2:15:15 PM PST by JoeProBono (A closed mouth gathers no feet)
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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?))
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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?)
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"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.)
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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.)
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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
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Thailand?


29 posted on 01/31/2009 2:21:17 PM PST by steveo
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