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| ABC News: Ind. Man Trampled to Death by Wildebeest | ||
| 2004-12-09 | ||
A 500-pound wildebeest kept with other exotic animals on a northern Indiana farm trampled its owner to death, police said. It was unclear what caused the animal, an African antelope also known as a gnu, to attack Klaus "Dick" Radandt, 64, Sunday in the barnyard behind his home about 10 miles southwest of South Bend. The coroner said the male animal apparently repeatedly rammed Radandt and then trampled him. The man's wife found him lying on the ground; paramedics were unable to revive him. The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the chest and head. The wildebeest's horns, which grow large and curved, had been cut to the nubs, police said. St. Joseph County Police Cpl. Steven Shively said the couple own three wildebeests and several other exotic animals, including ostriches, emus, reindeer and llamas.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 Again, it is a wild animal ~~WILD. Did Roy Horn ever think his "tame" tiger would almost kill him?? Same goes for a shark, snake, whale etc. The Family dog could turn on an owner. Andrea |
| Posted by: Andrea Jackson 2004-12-09 8:10:22 PM |
| #8 "That's it for the gnus, now here once again are the head lions..." |
| Posted by: Sgt. Mom 2004-12-09 3:08:30 PM |
| #7 This is cruel, but . . . oh, why not. Imagine the phone calls to the rest of the family: "Are you sitting down? I've got some bad gnus . . . ." |
| Posted by: Mike 2004-12-09 3:05:29 PM |
| #6 No gnus is good gnus. |
| Posted by: Grunter 2004-12-09 1:19:53 PM |
| #5 Wildebeest...why do they hate us? |
| Posted by: Dreadnought 2004-12-09 10:25:12 AM |
| #4 Crikies, 'Ee's a big 'un. Watch me put my finger... |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2004-12-09 9:30:55 AM |
| #3 "Dick" prolly saw Crocodile Dundee make funny noises at a water buffalo and some Dobermanns and make 'em all nice like... Mebbe he figured... |
| Posted by: .com 2004-12-09 12:56:35 AM |
| #2 Them Wildebeest is bad animals. Hunters with big-bore rifles fear them, with good reason. |
| Posted by: Slarong Grineger3374 2004-12-09 12:50:21 AM |
| #1 If he only knew what the gnu knew..... |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2004-12-09 12:20:27 AM |