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| New Years, Drunk and or Just Stupid? 75 Year Old Man Saddles up Buffalo |
| 2008-01-03 |
| An elderly Cave Creek man has been mauled by a buffalo that he had saddled and was attempting to ride, authorities said Tuesday. Well John Wayne never did this... The 75-year-old victim, who name was not immediately released, was airlifted to Scottsdale Healthcare Osborn for treatment of injuries that were not considered life-threatening, said John Kraetz, a district chief for Rural/Metro Fire Department. Warning, City Boy Comment Ahead "He saddled up, got bucked off and was mauled," Kraetz said. silentshooter wrote: I heard of people getting mauled by dogs, bears, tigers ect, but this has to be a first by a buffalo. I believe the man was trampled, not mauled. The incident occurred about 5 p.m. Monday at a ranch near Spur Cross and Yucca roads, northwest of Cave Creek and School House roads, Kraetz said. The man owns two buffalos that were kept on the property, he said. Tom what did you do for New Years besides drink? It was not immediately clear whether the beasts or injured man have any connection to T.C. Thorstenson, a Cave Creek buffalo wrangler. When reached by phone, Thorstenson repeatedly declined to discuss the |
| Posted by:Icerigger |
| #6 Mauled, sheesh. Obviously not a connoisseur of animal attacks. Maybe this was the old coot's last hurrah: Ya know, I always wanted to ride a buffalo. Here, hold my beer. And even if you did a Sonny Bono, it'd be kind of cool standing around there in Heaven, when someone says "So how'd you croak?" and you say "I was riding a buffalo. Bareback". "Dude!" |
| Posted by: SteveS 2008-01-03 21:54 |
| #5 Might have been mauled too. The buffalo across the way seem to be wearing horns... |
| Posted by: James 2008-01-03 17:31 |
| #4 "...then the buff did a kind of tap-dance on his pointy little head." |
| Posted by: mojo 2008-01-03 15:32 |
| #3 you gotta love his spirit. |
| Posted by: Whomong Guelph4611 2008-01-03 11:36 |
| #2 There is a good size buffalo herd just outside of town. For anyone who has not had the pleasure to see up up close (I mean, 5 feet) these are not small docile creatures. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-01-03 10:16 |
| #1 “The 75-year-old victim…” The assumption here is he is a "victim" of his own stupidity. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2008-01-03 10:08 |