Posted on 03/12/2022 8:03:53 PM PST by Trillian
A rampaging camel from a Tennessee petting zoo attacked and killed two men Thursday afternoon, authorities reported.
The Obion County Sheriff's Office announced on Friday that it received reports of a camel on the loose that was attacking people at Shirley Farms in Obion.
In audio obtained by CBS News, a dispatcher can be heard reporting 'two 911 calls of people being viciously attacked by a camel.'
By the time deputies arrived on the scene, they found two unconscious victims, and the camel remained on the loose.
The camel was later put down 'for the safety of everyone on the scene,' authorities said.
Bobby Matheny, 42, and Tommy Gunn, 67, were pronounced dead.
The Sheriff's Office said it first received received a call about a loose camel at Shirley Farms, on the site of The Pumpkin Barn, LLC, at around 4:44 p.m.
Officials from multiple agencies responded to the incident, and deputies who arrived immediately found two unconscious victims, Sheriff Karl Jackson said on Friday.
Officers immediately tried to provide aid to the victims and move them to a safe place, he said, as the camel attacked an Obion County Sheriff's Office vehicle.
The animal then moved toward the deputies, who were transferring a victim to EMS, at which point, Jackson said, 'officers had to put the camel down for the safety of everyone on [the] scene.'
In the aftermath, Matheny and Gunn succumbed to their injuries, and were pronounced dead at the scene.
Nick Beres, a reporter for News Channel 5 Nashville, later reported that he spoke to a family member of one of the victims, who said they had been trying to help capture the animal when it cornered them and attacked, stomping them to the ground.
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Everyone one knows that Camels come from the land of Islam.
Somebody should post this to the Dave Ramsey FB page.
Kamel kills two in Tennessee
Biden threw a loose Camel out into NATO.
The cops smoked the camel
Killed by camel toe?
was the camel rabid? So strange. Really.
Good thing this didn’t happen on a Wednesday or the cops might have thought it was a “hump day” prank call.
Just about every animal attack at a zoo or park that I’ve heard of is the result of prolonged mistreatment of the animal. They go crazy in captivity until they rampage. But everything is just speculation at this point I suppose.
Yup, never figure out if the animal was taunted and provoked. Just shoot it. Maybe theres an actual valid reason it did what it did. Its not like any of these animals has a record of doing bad things like this, since the first time they do, they are killed. Its also not like they cant see on video what went on before the animal did this.
I almost was many times...
I once saw an angry pony at the petting zoo make biting attacks on a goat so I pulled a gate shut to separate myself from them while a bunch of woman and children intervened.
I knew this story reminded me of something.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0o-xrio1ESA&t=417s
And - “Tommy Gunn”?
Death by pony is probably one of the most humiliating ways to go.
You have to be a Ramsey fan for the joke to make sense.
The show, based in Tennessee, has a host named George Kamel.
The dreaded camel toe. Crack kills.
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