Note to self: do not piss off an 1100-pound rare Bactrian camel, or probably any camel for that matter. This one did not appreciate being punched in the face and promptly bit the man and threw him around like a rag doll before stomping him to death. Unfortunately, the story does not have a happy ending, for the man or the camel, as it was later put down. There are only about 1000 Bactrian camels left in the wild.
Source: New York Post
Footage captured the shocking moment an angry camel fatally trampled a man who punched it at a children’s camp in Russia.
“The animal did not appreciate such treatment,” local media reported regarding the deadly incident, which occurred last month at the Beryozka recreation centre in Omsk, Siberia, per East2West news.
The fiasco occurred after a watchman named Yury, 51, struck the dromedary while attempting to move it, causing it to become enraged and attack him, local media reported.
In the disturbing footage, the guard can be seen walking up to the double-humped Bactrian camel — which can weigh over 1,100 pounds — and yanking on its reins. However, the animal, named Vasya, refuses to budge, after which Yuri punches him in the face. He then tries to get the camel to move a second time, whereupon Vasya wheels around and grabs his assailant with his teeth, then flings him around like a ragdoll.
After getting mauled and trampled for a protracted period, the guard can be seen lying motionless in the now-blood-stained snow while the camel continues to prod at him.
