Posted by Drifter
OBION, Tenn. -- Two people were
killed Thursday afternoon after a camel escaped its enclosure on a Tennessee
farm and attacked.
Officials said police responded to a call about a
loose camel that was attacking people at Shirley Farms in Obion, a rural town
in the northwestern corner of the state.
Responding officers began rendering aid to two unconscious
men at the farm when the camel "attacked" a police vehicle, according
to an Obion County Sheriff's Office statement.
The animal "then [moved] towards deputies
who were attempting to move a victim to EMS" and "it was at this time
officers had to put the camel down for the safety of everyone on scene."
The victims, identified as 42-year-old Bobby
Matheny and 67-year-old Tommy Gunn, were pronounced dead at the scene.
It is unclear how the camel managed to escape
its enclosure, what provoked the attacks and what type of injuries the men
sustained.
In 2018, six children and one adult were injured
when a camel ended up getting loose and running wild at a
circus in Pittsburgh. And in
2015, two people were trampled to death when a man snuck into a camel's holding pen
on a Texas farm.
