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Two die in Hungarian pig shock horror
Yahoo! News (Reuters) ^ | 11/24/2001

Posted on 11/25/2001 6:39:29 PM PST by RippleFire

Two die in Hungarian pig shock horror

BUDAPEST (Reuters) - The annual pre-Christmas swine slaughter in a southwestern Hungarian village came to a shocking end after one man died of electrocution while trying to stun a pig, whose owner then died of heart attack.

Celebrations at the pig-killing party in Darvaspuszta took a turn for the worse on Saturday when an unnamed visiting Croatian man shocked himself to death while trying to knock out a pig with a homemade electric pig stunner, national news agency MTI said

A local man ended up in hospital with an irregular heart rhythm after attempting a rescue by trying to unplug the device.

The shocking accident so upset the pig's owner, he suffered a heart attack and died.

There was no word on the fate of the pig.


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You can't make this stuff up!


1 posted on 11/25/2001 6:39:29 PM PST by RippleFire
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To: RippleFire
He should have stuck to cow tipping.
2 posted on 11/25/2001 6:41:41 PM PST by MediaMole
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To: RippleFire; jjbrouwer; aculeus; Orual
Oh dear.

"Shock horror" is a staple of UK tabloid headlines. Now someone's gone and used it literally.

Yes, it's swinish of me to find this funny.

3 posted on 11/25/2001 6:44:27 PM PST by dighton
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To: RippleFire
Back home, we just shot them.
4 posted on 11/25/2001 6:48:00 PM PST by aomagrat
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To: RippleFire
What? No PETA commentary?
5 posted on 11/25/2001 6:48:44 PM PST by Mark
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To: RippleFire
Orphaned Pigs

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6 posted on 11/25/2001 6:50:47 PM PST by Dallas
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To: Mark
About frost time in northern New York we did butcher pigs. Ate them part and parcel starting soon thereafter.
7 posted on 11/25/2001 6:53:31 PM PST by mathurine
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To: RippleFire
A pig bit my sister once.
8 posted on 11/25/2001 6:54:24 PM PST by bluesagewoman
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To: Dallas
That is an amazing picture! LOL!!!
9 posted on 11/25/2001 6:54:43 PM PST by SunnyUsa
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To: Dallas
"I screwed up...I trusted him to stay around...."
10 posted on 11/25/2001 6:56:48 PM PST by RichInOC
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To: RippleFire
I nearly ran over a pig in the middle of the road yesterday. Stupid oinker was in the ditch, and as I approached, it ran to the middle of the road and stood there staring at my car. Almost got some high quality chittlins.
11 posted on 11/25/2001 6:59:56 PM PST by Cleburne
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"There was no word on the fate of the pig."

Well, Since both guys "bought the farm"

...the piggie may have had a CHANCE to get to the


......CLICK......

12 posted on 11/25/2001 7:01:10 PM PST by SunnyUsa
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To: bluesagewoman
"A pig bit my sister once."

Was your sister eating Cheese at the time?

13 posted on 11/25/2001 7:02:31 PM PST by SunnyUsa
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To: RippleFire
This guy must be a fan of "Home Improvement." MORE POWER!
14 posted on 11/25/2001 7:03:50 PM PST by Clay Moore
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To: RichInOC
"I screwed up...I trusted him to stay around...."

"You men are all pigs."

15 posted on 11/25/2001 7:03:54 PM PST by dighton
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To: RippleFire
unnamed visiting Croatian man shocked himself to death while trying to knock out a pig with a homemade electric pig stunner.

A Darwin Award nominee if I ever heard of one.

18 posted on 11/25/2001 7:05:48 PM PST by HP8753
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To: SunnyUsa
Actually, she was clipping its needle teeth. But, I figured I'd hear from the moose and cheese crowd.
19 posted on 11/25/2001 7:07:39 PM PST by bluesagewoman
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To: Dallas
LOL!
20 posted on 11/25/2001 7:09:56 PM PST by Fraulein
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