Hippo Eats Dwarf

(15 July 1999, Bangkok)
A Circus Dwarf Met A Disastrous Demise, When He Was Swallowed By A Hippopotamus In A Freak Accident In Northern Thailand.

This was made into an Urban Legend as it was just far too fantastic to believe however, this is actually true.

Od the Dwarf had just astounded the audience with a trapeze performance, when he dismounted onto a trampoline at a bad angle. He was launched sideways into the mouth of a yawning hippopotamus waiting to appear in the next act. Hilda the Hippo gagged and instinctively swallowed the small man while spectators continued to applaud, not realizing their tragic mistake.

Horrified circus members rushed to save the dwarf, but were unable to extract him from the traumatized beast. Veterinarians defended Hilda by pointing out that she was a vegetarian, and had never before digested a circus performer. The vet explains that Hilda the Hippo has a gag reflex that caused her to swallow the dwarf, instead of spitting him out.

(I know it's sad but, It must have been "Bazaar". That "short meal" must have been very "Hippodrome"-matic to the audience. The trampoline is being subjected to forensic analysis. The circus is now hiring.)

Source

Teresa.