The two Tennessee men were pronounced dead at the scene.
Two men were killed by a rampaging camel that escaped from a petting zoo in Tennessee, according to local officials.
Bobby Matheny, 42, and Tommy Gunn, 67, both from The Volunteer State, died after they were cornered and attacked by the frenzied camel Thursday in Obion, roughly 100 miles northeast of Memphis.The Obion County Sheriff’s Office got a call about a loose camel attacking people near the Shirley Farms petting Zoo at around 4:45 p.m., the departmentWhen deputies arrived, they found the two unconscious victims and the unhinged creature on the loose.
As deputies moved one of the victims into an ambulance, the camel reappeared and attacked a sheriff’s office vehicle. Officers were forced to “put the camel down for the safety of everyone on the scene,” the statement said.Matheny and Gunn succumbed to their injuries and were declared dead at the scene.that the two men had been at the farm to try and help capture the camel. The animal cornered them and attacked, stomping the men to death, the relative said.
A camel expert told the outlet that when fully grown, the animals “have enough strength to crush arms and legs along with your neck while kicking forward and backwards.” “Most animals can only kick backwards. Camels will do a combination of all those things while kneeling forward to crush you,” the expert said.The Pumpkin Barn, LLC/Facebook
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