20 August, 2007

camel

in one of the more bizarre news stories to come out of brisvegas...

A PET camel that killed a 60-year-old woman in a bizarre attack in Queensland's outback had been given to her as a birthday present from her family.

The 10-month-old animal knocked the woman to the ground, stomped on her head and then lay on top of her yesterday at her sheep and cattle property near Mitchell, about 600km west of Brisbane.

[news.com.au]


personally, i was suprised that the camel had not previously been properly restrained after it "[attempted] to smother the family's pet goat on numerous occasions by sitting on it." i mean, come on. WARNING SIGNS PEOPLE!

of even more intrigue is the quote from queensland police detective senior constable craig gregory conveniently left out of the above article, but was included in this BBC report

I'd say it's probably been playing, or it may be even a sexual sort of thing

the only question left for me after my extensive research on this story, is whether I should make a joke about the woman being humped by a camel?

I decided it may be in poor taste....