Paderborn, Germany - Zookeeper Friedrich

       Riesfeldt fed his constipated elephant 22

       doses of animal laxative and more than a

       bushel of berries, figs and prunes. The

      plugged-up pachyderm finally let fly.

      Standing next to his elephant, Mr. Riesfeldt

      suffocated under 200 pounds of elephant

      manure. Investigators say Riesfeldt, 46, was

      attempting to give the ailing elephant an enema

      when the beast unloaded on him. “The sheer

      force of the elephant’s unexpected defecation

      knocked Mr. Riesfeldt to the ground, where he

      struck his head on a rock and lay unconscious

      as the elephant continued to evacuate his bowels

      on top of him,” said flabbergasted police detective

      Erik Dern. With no one there to help him, he lay

      under all that dung for at least an hour before a

      watchman came along, and during that time he

      suffocated. It seems to be just one of those freak

      accidents.

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