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Spooky · #1

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/24901077/

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Originally Posted by MSNBC

PATNA, India - An elephant nicknamed "Osama bin Laden" that killed at least 11 people and injured dozens has been shot dead, officials in eastern India said on Saturday.

The wild male elephant had been terrorizing villagers in two states in recent months, destroying their crops and homes.

Forest officials and a police team tracked down the rogue jumbo in the eastern state of Jharkhand late on Friday, where it was shot dead, senior government official Ravi Ranjan said.

"Yes, Osama has finally been killed and it took us 20 bullets to silence him," Ranjan told Reuters from Jharkhand on Saturday.

Deadly rampage
Hundreds of villagers gathered on Saturday to catch a glimpse of the dead elephant.

On Thursday, another elephant rampaged through a village in northern India, killing at least seven people and injuring 24 others before it was killed.

The female entered the village of Bhudaheda on the edge of the Jim Corbett National Park, and began destroying crops, said Srikant Chandola, the park's chief wildlife officer. He said the animal started trampling people when residents tried to frighten it away by beating drums.
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Belinda Wright, director of the Wildlife Protection Society of India, said the elephant had apparently entered the village after becoming separated from its herd.

go figure.

Emu · #2

You had me excited.

Mr.Hoopla · #3

I thought this would become some sort of Iron Man thread. Nice mislead.

pac-man · #4

I figured it wasn't the real bin Laden, as he's currently hanging out in the Pentagon.

Jeanette X · #5

You fucking bastard. You got my hopes up.

Shyandquietguy · #6

Hey now, there's nothing wrong with a good effigy burning. Why, I'd lure a dog towards my house and try to scare it away with bongo drums before taking shots at it just to celebrate the fourth, nothin' wrong as long as you make sure it's a stray, I always say.

STRUM TICKA TICKA STRUM TICKA TICKA TICKA TWANG!

MarioRPG · #7

Jackass, I was hopeful.

BurntToShreds · #8

It would have been much more awesome if they had electrocuted it, like Edison did with Topsy.

Dimnos · #9

Topsy lol. Thats sweet =)

Kybo Ren · #10

Was I the only one happy to hear real Osama's still kicking? we're gonna need him as witness against his employers in Bush administration.

Also Edison was a degenerate criminal who had a few good ideas and rode the backs of his employees to fame. (like Bill Gates)
Strangely, I'm OK with the electrocutions- He filmed them so others can learn, or be entertained

Lobo Tommy · #11

The same thing happened to me a few days ago.

On CNN, it said "Harry Potter actor stabbed to death". I was all excited, but it was just an extra who was stabbed.

Stupid CNN.

executioneer · #12

polidicks forum

tyciol · #13

In cases like this it makes you wonder if someone out there might have purposefully antagonized the beast knowing what would inevitably happen and how it would make the headlines for them.