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Have you ever been attacked by an animal? Yes by a cow. I was in Cornwall, walking through a field on the way to the campsite we were staying on. I was carrying a duvet over my shoulder and this one cow went for me. It was charging at me and the only thing I could think to do was lie down. My mum started screaming: "Get up! What are you doing? It’s going to trample on you!"
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The park service says Robert H. Boardman, of Port Angeles, was hurt Saturday as he hiked near Klahhane Ridge in Washington's Olympic National Parkand died hours later at a Port Angeles hospital.
Officials did not provide any specifics on the man's injuries, but said that an early investigation indicates they were the result of an encounter with a goat. Rangers tracked down and killed the animal, which will be analyzed by a veterinary pathologist.
On page 26 was another goat story, which I can only track down at the Irish Independent:
An argument over sacrificing goats during a Hindu festival triggered a stampede that killed 10 people yesterday in a packed temple in northern India.
More than 40,000 people, many inebriated, had taken their goats to the Tildiha village temple in Bihar state to offer sacrifice and prayers to the goddess Durga on the last day of the 10-day Navratri festival.
The district spokesman said some 30,000 goats were sacrificed at the temple on Saturday.
Inconceivable
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'Rangers tracked down and killed the animal, which will be analyzed by a veterinary pathologist.'
It doesn't sound quite right, somehow; maybe 'examined' would be more appropriate.
Perhaps that's because, stateside at least, analysis is usually shorthand for the psycho- variety, which would, in this case, require a fair bit of supernatural intervention.
"So, tell me about it. Were you unhappy as a kid? One knock for yes..."
McH, that had me baffled.
It'd be even more hilarious when at the end of the session he asks the goat "So why did you kill this man?" and the goat (via a series of knocks) replies: "I didn't kill him! You shot the wrong one!".
Yes, if no-one saw the ranger killed, how the hell did they know which goat did it? Or did they just keep shooting goats and doing a forensic examination of them until they found evidence that they'd got their goat?
According to the 'Mail' the goat had previous. It just wasn't considered aggressive enough for the Big Sleep up to now. Knowing the States, that's going to mean a lawsuit.
And also according to the 'Mail', it stood over the body until driven off by a ranger...throwing rocks! I guess cutbacks are hitting everywhere, eh?
"Rangers tracked down and killed the animal, which will be analyzed by a veterinary pathologist"
3 months, half a million squid, and a 400 page report to conclude it died of gun-shot wounds (or stoning as alluded to above). Those pathologists should apply for MP roles
The cows are eager to reclaim their crown:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-11567123
I've been attacked by a duck.
I got better.
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