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His brains with his gun.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/19/us/ohio-animals-on-loose/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 (http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/19/us/ohio-animals-on-loose/index.html?hpt=hp_t2)
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(CNN) -- Flashing signs on the highways in eastern Ohio warned motorists Wednesday: "Caution. Exotic animals."
Schools shuttered and some frightened residents said they were keeping to their homes as sheriff's deputies hunted lions, tigers, leopards and grizzly bears that escaped from a preserve after the death of the owner.
Terry Thompson, 62, was found dead and authorities were waiting on the results of an autopsy, Muskingum County Sheriff Matt Lutz said. But he added that preliminary investigations indicated Thompson released his animals and then died from a self-inflicted wound. He had pried open cages and left the farm's fences open.
Thompson owned between 48 and 51 exotic animals. Lutz said most of them had been accounted for, but at least three -- a mountain lion, a grizzly bear and a monkey -- were still missing. Most of those that had escaped from their pens were put down.
Lutz said his deputies, who found themselves in a volatile situation, had to shoot some of the animals at close range. A Bengal tiger was put down after it got agitated from a tranquilizer shot.
Hunt under way for escaped exotic animals
Mayor: Exotic animal owner shot himself
Officials try rounding up exotic animals
Exotic animals still on the loose
"We are not talking about your normal everyday house cat or dog," Lutz said. "These are 300-pound Bengal tigers that we have had to put down. "When we got here, obviously, public safety was my number one concern. We could not have animals running loose in this county."
Zanesville Mayor Howard Zwelling said he received calls from people who were concerned that the animals had been killed. He said authorities were trying to use tranquilizers whenever possible to save their lives.
Sheriff's deputies used night vision equipment until daylight Wednesday to continue their search, which was hampered by rain. Lutz said deputies, armed with shotguns, were patrolling areas in pickup trucks.
"There are still thought to be several dangerous animals on the loose, creating a public safety threat," he said.
Sam Kopchak, Thompson's neighbor, said he saw lions and bears running free Tuesday evening. A tiger was chasing horses, he said.
Kopchak managed to get himself and his horse into his barn and telephoned his mother.
"We have a major problem,:" he told her. That's when she called the police.
"It was like a war zone," Kopchak said when authorities descended on Thompson's property, set off the road named after Kopchak's family.
Kopchak described Thompson as being aloof. He loved animals. Kopchak saw him driving one time with a baby black bear on his chest.
Lutz said authorities found primates inside the house.
The community was in a state of "shock and surprise," said Tom Warne, owner of Donald's Donuts and a lifelong resident of the city of Zanesville.
"It's the craziest sort of thing," he said.
Warne said he had met Thompson a few times. He used to come into the doughnut shop at one time.
Thompson had his run-ins with the law. He pleaded guilty earlier this year to federal charges of possessing illegal firearms, including five fully automatic firearms, and had just been released from prison on September 30. A civil case seeking forfeiture of firearms is still pending, according to the U.S. attorney's office in Ohio's Southern District.
Thompson also was convicted of animal cruelty and animals at large in 2005 and was arrested several times for traffic violations.
Lutz said law enforcement officials were well aware of Thompson's animals and made numerous visits to the property to look into complaints and ensure that Thompson was in compliance with permits
Thompson's property is about two miles outside Zanesville, Zwelling said. Authorities said they received reports of animal sightings by residents. Columbus Zoo director emeritus Jack Hanna drove into Zanesville overnight to assist in the search.
But Hanna warned that the search was dangerous and human life came first.
"We're trying our best to make sure no one is hurt doing this," he said.
He said the animals were probably hiding out from the rain, but his advice to anyone who encountered one was this: Don't run. Just scream.
The menagerie of Thompson's animals also included wolves, giraffes and camels. Commuters reported seeing bears and wolves along Interstate 70. Lutz said one cat was hit and left wounded on the road.
The Humane Society of the United States urged Ohio officials Wednesday to issue an emergency rule to crack down on exotic animal ownership.
A previous emergency order issued by then-Gov. Ted Strickland that prohibited people convicted of animal cruelty from owning exotic animals expired in April.
The Humane Society said Thompson "would almost certainly have had his animals removed by May 1, 2011, if the emergency order had not expired."
"Every month brings a new, bizarre, almost surreal incident involving privately held dangerous wild animals," said Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society. "In recent years, Ohioans have died and suffered injuries because the state hasn't stopped private citizens from keeping dangerous wild animals as pets or as roadside attractions. Owners of large, exotic animals are a menace to society, and it's time for the delaying on the rulemaking to end."
Fritz Douthitt, a volunteer at the Zanesville Animal Shelter Society, recalled Thompson's 2005 trial for cruelty and torture of cattle and bison. He said he had not been able to get up the hill to feed his livestock and they died.
Douthitt said it is inappropriate for people like Thompson to keep dangerous animals as pets, just as it was to shoot so many of them. Local governments, she said, ought to train law enforcement officers so they are prepared for bizarre cases such as the one that unfolded in Zanesville.
For lions, tigers and bears to die, she said, was "unforgivable."
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I grew up there. This guy was something....you could write a book about all the crazy stuff he did. The animals came a lot later in life. He was notorious in the area WAY before this.
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I grew up there. This guy was something....you could write a book about all the crazy stuff he did. The animals came a lot later in life. He was notorious in the area WAY before this.
Do tell !!
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haha, this news sounds cool as hell :P
finally we could've seen who would have really wone, a grisley bear or a lion!
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He owned a Harley Dealership in the 70s and 80s.....guns, powder, bootleg stuff, supposedly crashed a helicopter in the river, ran a speedboat into the docks at the local lake at 125mph, etc. Everything he did was wild and over the top and very much out in the open. He had a compound of sorts with infared security over the whole thing. That's where the animals were, bordering I-70 just west of town. One of those guys where 9 out of 10 people called him a dangerous nut and the one other person fervently defended him because they knew or dealt with him somehow over the years.
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Look what color he is
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He owned a Harley Dealership in the 70s and 80s.....guns, powder, bootleg stuff, supposedly crashed a helicopter in the river, ran a speedboat into the docks at the local lake at 125mph, etc. Everything he did was wild and over the top and very much out in the open. He had a compound of sorts with infared security over the whole thing. That's where the animals were, bordering I-70 just west of town. One of those guys where 9 out of 10 people called him a dangerous nut and the one other person fervently defended him because they knew or dealt with him somehow over the years.
That's a fuckin' nutcase, allright ! :D
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"It was like a war zone," Kopchak said when authorities descended on Thompson's property, set off the road named after Kopchak's family.
Lutz said authorities found getbiggers inside the house.
He said the getbiggers were probably hiding out from the rain, but his advice to anyone who encountered one was this: Don't run. Just scream.
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Look what color he is
South African white ???
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He owned a Harley Dealership in the 70s and 80s.....guns, powder, bootleg stuff, supposedly crashed a helicopter in the river, ran a speedboat into the docks at the local lake at 125mph, etc. Everything he did was wild and over the top and very much out in the open. He had a compound of sorts with infared security over the whole thing. That's where the animals were, bordering I-70 just west of town. One of those guys where 9 out of 10 people called him a dangerous nut and the one other person fervently defended him because they knew or dealt with him somehow over the years.
Sounds exactly like the type of person to be charged with the care of, and responsibility for, a zoo's worth of exotic animals. Oh brother.
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Is it allowed to own those animals in the US ? A Bengal tiger is nearly extinct.... >:(
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Sounds exactly like the type of person to be charged with the care of, and responsibility for, a zoo's worth of exotic animals. Oh brother.
The exotic animal trade is big money stuff first and foremost, and he probably really did care for them at some point - how could you not be into these animals if you had access to them?
I guess his wife left him while in jail......so when he got out.....yeah.
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Is it allowed to own those animals in the US ? A Bengal tiger is nearly extinct.... >:(
Yeah, I guess....Ohio has some lax laws in this area. I heard there are pics online of all the animals shot by law enforcement lined up in a row. I sure don't need to see that shit.
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"Local governments, she said, ought to train law enforcement officers so they are prepared for bizarre cases such as the one that unfolded in Zanesville."
yes....police officer/ tiger wrangler ::)
they are trained for bizarre cases like this....shoot
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Look what color he is
Owning animals like that is expensive.
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Is it allowed to own those animals in the US ? A Bengal tiger is nearly extinct.... >:(
from what i heard its also legal in Nevada and Florida
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Too bad for those innocent animals. Hate to see that happen.
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I feel so fucking bad for these poor animals.......it's unfortunate that they had to be killed for the safety of the Public........trankilliz ers would have been very hard to administer........this is a great example why more states have to pass a law to Ban the ownership of exotic animals........there were about 8 bengal Tigers among them. Bengals are very rare and there are only 2500 remaining in the world.
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yeah so now i don't like the guy for ending up getting all those animals killed. he wants to off himself, fine. sad.
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I feel so fucking bad for these poor animals.......it's unfortunate that they had to be killed for the safety of the Public........trankilliz ers would have been very hard to administer........this is a great example why more states have to pass a law to Ban the ownership of exotic animals........there were about 8 bengal Tigers among them. Bengals are very rare and there are only 2500 remaining in the world.
x2 Magnificent animals sacrificed for some idiot's ego. I sad.
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Look at that asshole cop "we are shooting to kill" What a dick. So these animals get captured and released without authorization, and they deserve to be shot? Gee, I can't stand humanity sometimes.
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Look at that asshole cop "we are shooting to kill" What a dick. So these animals get captured and released without authorization, and they deserve to be shot? Gee, I can't stand humanity sometimes.
Do you kids? ...... I love animals too and this is sad about the animals but it was the right thing to do to shoot them before there are any human victims
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This guy was a complete and total asshole!
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I feel so fucking bad for these poor animals.......it's unfortunate that they had to be killed for the safety of the Public........trankilliz ers would have been very hard to administer........this is a great example why more states have to pass a law to Ban the ownership of exotic animals........there were about 8 bengal Tigers among them. Bengals are very rare and there are only 2500 remaining in the world.
There were 18 tigers...
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Is it allowed to own those animals in the US ? A Bengal tiger is nearly extinct.... >:(
I remember hearing that Texas has more Tigers than there is in the wild.
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Do you kids? ...... I love animals too and this is sad about the animals but it was the right thing to do to shoot them before there are any human victims
so..?
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>:( :'(
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so..?
I was just saying cause sf1900 was saying that the asshole cop is shooting to kill and that the animals don't deserve to die, and he is right, they don't, and he is also right that the cop was an asshole cause he sounded proud of his comments like some superstar, but the desicion has too be made to have the animals killed. There really is no choice. The fastest way to prevent a child or anyone for that matter from getting demolished by a wild beast.
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Do you kids? ...... I love animals too and this is sad about the animals but it was the right thing to do to shoot them before there are any human victims
800 pound bears have been taken down with tranquilizers. You could easily take down a tiger with a tranquilizer. so yes they had a choice. Its just man trying to be superior and flex their muscles by destroying other living things.
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I was just saying cause sf1900 was saying that the asshole cop is shooting to kill and that the animals don't deserve to die, and he is right, they don't, and he is also right that the cop was an asshole cause he sounded proud of his comments like some superstar, but the desicion has too be made to have the animals killed. There really is no choice. The fastest way to prevent a child or anyone for that matter from getting demolished by a wild beast.
yes, the cop sounded like a dick...i mean, shoot to kill, what is the cop living in an old western movie..what a dick .probably got picked on in school, and now that he has a gun, he thinks he is dirty harry ::) ::)
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>:( :'(
I hate to say it but that picture bothers me more than the thought of the same amount of humans being done the same. Animals like that just have a beauty that humans don't possess. They are pure. I've lost alot of respect for the human race, so much scum and filth. Im not a pet person either. Africa has such beautiful animal that are endangered and then you look at the people of Liberia and the way they live...just sickening. Watch vices travel guide to Liberia for a real eye opener, it was for me anyway.
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I hate to say it but that picture bothers me more than the thought of the same amount of humans being done the same. Animals like that just have a beauty that humans don't possess. They are pure. I've lost alot of respect for the human race, so much scum and filth. Im not a pet person either. Africa has such beautiful animal that are endangered and then you look at the people of Liberia and the way they live...just sickening. Watch vices travel guide to Liberia for a real eye opener, it was for me anyway.
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good gun
:D
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I hate to say it but that picture bothers me more than the thought of the same amount of humans being done the same.
exactly.
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yes, the cop sounded like a dick...i mean, shoot to kill, what is the cop living in an old western movie..what a dick .probably got picked on in school, and now that he has a gun, he thinks he is dirty harry ::) ::)
lol
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800 pound bears have been taken down with tranquilizers. You could easily take down a tiger with a tranquilizer. so yes they had a choice. Its just man trying to be superior and flex their muscles by destroying other living things.
The problem is, not too many police are trained to tranq animals. The best spot, the dosage, etc.
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800 pound bears have been taken down with tranquilizers. You could easily take down a tiger with a tranquilizer. so yes they had a choice. Its just man trying to be superior and flex their muscles by destroying other living things.
True, but we are talking some local incompetance here and it was an emergency, time was a big issue.
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True, but we are talking some local incompetance here and it was an emergency, time was a big issue.
good point..I guess im jaded on mans ego.
Watch the movie instinct. Great movie. I love this quote from the movie:
"We have only one thing to give up. Our dominion. We don't own the world. We're not kings yet. Not gods. Can we give that up? Too precious, all that control? Too tempting, being a god?"
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The problem is, not too many police are trained to tranq animals. The best spot, the dosage, etc.
the cop was just a dumb fuck :D :D he probably wanted to go eat another doughnut, and tranquilizing would take too long and forestall his ability to feed his fat face.
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the cop was just a dumb fuck :D :D he probably wanted to go eat another doughnut, and tranquilizing would take too long and forestall his ability to feed his fat face.
I thought it was more a problem of the tranqs taking too long to take the beasts down, which could cause angry confused hell on 4 legs... ???
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I thought it was more a problem of the tranqs taking too long to take the beasts down, which could cause angry confused hell on 4 legs... ???
No, the cop wanted a doughnut!
Plus, lets be realistic here: people are constantly going into the wild to capture and relocate 18 foot crocs and using minimal equipment. They usually have one harness and some duct tape to tape the gators mouth shut. youre telling me with all this technology, they couldn't find some way to stop the animals without killing them? :-\ :-\
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No, the cop wanted a doughnut!
Plus, lets be realistic here: people are constantly going into the wild to capture and relocate 18 foot crocs and using minimal equipment. They usually have one harness and some duct tape to tape the gators mouth shut. youre telling me with all this technology, they couldn't find some way to stop the animals without killing them? :-\ :-\
I know dude I was yelling at the TV this morning saying the same thing, but even that nature boy they brought in to dictate the situation said it was the only way :'(
Im sure they could have done SOMETHING to make it more civil and humane though
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I know dude I was yelling at the TV this morning saying the same thing, but even that nature boy they brought in to dictate the situation said it was the only way :'(
Im sure they could have done SOMETHING to make it more civil and humane though
yeah, totally sucks :-\ :'(
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I guess bodybuilding is for gays because based on the posts in this thread it sounds like there are a lot of f*ggots here. Jeezus. It's sad that all those animals got smoked but it's better them than us. How would you like to be some poor schmuck that goes out to check his mail and gets eaten by a lion? Or maybe a tiger snatches your toddler and has a little snack on your front lawn?
A good plan right now is better than a perfect plan later. It was a time sensitive issue. It was getting dark and these things were going to be a lot harder to find and catch the more time that passed. The sherrifs had to protect their citizens. Do you think they have enough tranquilizers on hand to effectively sedate an entire zoo's worth of huge deadly animals? I doubt it. Getting all of that shit squared away takes time that they didn't have. I'd rather have that son of a bitch as the Sherrif than some indecisive tree hugging pussy.
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Just heard on the news one of the loose chimps has genital herpes and for the public to stay away, they didn't say If it was male or female so please don't fuck any chimps in Ohio tonight getbiggers....
Btw
Hope suckmymuscle doesn't livE in Ohio
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Just heard on the news one of the loose chimps has genital herpes and for the public to stay away, they didn't say If it was male or female so please don't fuck any chimps in Ohio tonight getbiggers....
Btw
Hope suckmymuscle doesn't livE in Ohio
The big question is...how did the the chimp get genital herpes? Maybe that's the reason why dude killed himself...
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Idiot
1. If he was going to let them out ie killing them, why didnt he off them by shooting them, more humane
2. Why do anything if hes going to kill himself hell know no difference
And like people have asked already, how the hell can you own a bengal tiger in USA ??? Bad for the animal, bad for the humans when accidents happen..
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Idiot
1. If he was going to let them out ie killing them, why didnt he off them by shooting them, more humane
2. Why do anything if hes going to kill himself hell know no difference
And like people have asked already, how the hell can you own a bengal tiger in USA ??? Bad for the animal, bad for the humans when accidents happen..
In places like Texas, they have Bengal tigers on huge reserves so that they can hunt them and and kill them.
In other places people has these animal reserves so that they can have people come and see the animals...Big Cats are huge money makes.
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There were 18 tigers...
8 of them were bengals and the other 10 were your regular asian tigers.......I love tigers, they're one of the most magnificent cats around.......the Bengals are a protected species, and I wonder how this fucking idiot got his hands on them in the first place...........watching all these poor animals getting killed is truly sad and I fucking hope more states will take this tragedy serious and pass laws to ban Illegal ownership of Exotics.........
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I guess bodybuilding is for gays because based on the posts in this thread it sounds like there are a lot of f*ggots here. Jeezus. It's sad that all those animals got smoked but it's better them than us. How would you like to be some poor schmuck that goes out to check his mail and gets eaten by a lion? Or maybe a tiger snatches your toddler and has a little snack on your front lawn?
A good plan right now is better than a perfect plan later. It was a time sensitive issue. It was getting dark and these things were going to be a lot harder to find and catch the more time that passed. The sherrifs had to protect their citizens. Do you think they have enough tranquilizers on hand to effectively sedate an entire zoo's worth of huge deadly animals? I doubt it. Getting all of that shit squared away takes time that they didn't have. I'd rather have that son of a bitch as the Sherrif than some indecisive tree hugging pussy.
::) Go get 'em Rambo!
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Not too impressed by the instincts of these predators, they should have eluded capture and eaten some hobos. They dont deserve to live.
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Jack Hanna needs to lead a movement into stopping all this kind of shit in America. The guy is the director of the Ohio zoo and has stated that he knows all about this Terry T. guy and his animals. Well WTF dude. Instead of going on talk shows telling the world about certain animals, go on these shows telling the public about these filthy animal abusers. Step it up Hanna. It never had to get to the point where all these animals had to be killed like this. :(
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In places like Texas, they have Bengal tigers on huge reserves so that they can hunt them and and kill them.
In other places people has these animal reserves so that they can have people come and see the animals...Big Cats are huge money makes.
seems like a good idea. can you also kill panda bears and mountain gorillas for the pure pleasure of it? ::)
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Good bodycount!!!!
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::) Go get 'em Rambo!
Says the moron with "surrender and I will destroy you peacefully" as a quote on his avatar.
You guys are all pussies
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Says the moron with "surrender and I will destroy you peacefully" as a quote on his avatar.
You guys are all pussies
Relax poor whimpering pumpkin seed. the av isn't meant to threaten your insignificant speck of an existence or anything its merely a figure of speech that gave me a belly laugh one day but I guess i'm not creative enough to produce something your sorry ass would approve of ::)
And whats with the attitude buddy who are you kidding you don't scare anyone on here! ?? ??? ??
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I can't hold it back a second longer.....here,....and forgive me.
crap... you have to hit the link!
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Relax poor whimpering pumpkin seed. the av isn't meant to threaten your insignificant speck of an existence or anything its merely a figure of speech that gave me a belly laugh one day but I guess i'm not creative enough to produce something your sorry ass would approve of ::)
And whats with the attitude buddy who are you kidding you don't scare anyone on here! ?? ??? ??
If that figure of speech gave you a belly laugh then you are not only queer but simple minded as well.
Go back to applying your vagisil. If I was trying to scare anyone here I would whip out my mastodonian penis and snap a pic for all of you schmoes to drool over.
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800 pound bears have been taken down with tranquilizers. You could easily take down a tiger with a tranquilizer. so yes they had a choice. Its just man trying to be superior and flex their muscles by destroying other living things.
As the animal expert said... and something you should consider... lions and tigers and bears can kill a human.. I know.. it's hard for you to swallow... but just take his word on it for now.. They can kill a human in less time than it takes for you to shout "Holy shit! Somebody shoot th......!!" and the reality is a tranq dart doesn't work very fast even when you hit the perfect spot. So in the minutes it takes to put the animal down, provided you get a good shot, billy, tommy and little alice are now cadavers and you will be on this board saying "Why didn't the cops shoot the damn things instead of ...."
What people do in the wild, where there is very little populace to worry about is apples and oranges to tigers loose in a city.
But yes, a tragic event nonetheless
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If that figure of speech gave you a belly laugh then you are not only queer but simple minded as well.
Go back to applying your vagisil. If I was trying to scare anyone here I would whip out my mastodonian penis and snap a pic for all of you schmoes to drool over.
The pathetic thing is, you thing you're witty :-\
You thinking this way also gives me a belly laugh :D
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The pathetic thing is, you thing you're witty :-\
You thinking this way also gives me a belly laugh :D
I thing I'm witty? Is english a second language for you? Any honest getbigger knows that your puny intelect can't compare to mine. Nor can your sorry excuse for a child's penis.
I'm not a fat fuck like you, so i don't have belly laughs. Mine is the booming laugh of Zeus. A powerful laugh that echos across the land warning internet douchebags to beware my wrath. I have no belly, just the hardest 8 pack this side of Mount Olympus. Now go back where you came from before I make you poop in your diaper.
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I thing I'm witty? Is english a second language for you? Any honest getbigger knows that your puny intelect can't compare to mine. Nor can your sorry excuse for a child's penis.
I'm not a fat fuck like you, so i don't have belly laughs. Mine is the booming laugh of Zeus. A powerful laugh that echos across the land warning internet douchebags to beware my wrath. I have no belly, just the hardest 8 pack this side of Mount Olympus. Now go back where you came from before I make you poop in your diaper.
"Any honest getbigger knows that your puny intelect can't compare to mine." LOL You've gotta be kidding. And pointing out my spelling mistake ??? like I actually put effort and time into replying to a guy that looks like a short order cook at a shit hole midwestern Waffle House. Angry closet f####t gimmick, I hate your guts ect.
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"Any honest getbigger knows that your puny intelect can't compare to mine." LOL You've gotta be kidding. And pointing out my spelling mistake ??? like I actually put effort and time into replying to a guy that looks like a short order cook at a shit hole midwestern Waffle House. Angry closet f####t gimmick, I hate your guts ect.
There's nothing worse than a guy who refuses to aknowledge that he's been owned. Now you are getting mad. Hilarious. You claim not to put time and effort replying to me but here you are typing a response to everything I write. Why do you hate my guts? You don't know me. You tried to get cute by putting me on blast first. You ran into your intellectual superior and you just keep coming back for more abuse. Be a man and admit you've been owned......then fuck off.
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There's nothing worse than a guy who refuses to aknowledge that he's been owned. Now you are getting mad. Hilarious. You claim not to put time and effort replying to me but here you are typing a response to everything I write. Why do you hate my guts? You don't know me. You tried to get cute by putting me on blast first. You ran into your intellectual superior and you just keep coming back for more abuse. Be a man and admit you've been owned......then fuck off.
Lmao what are you're intellectual credentials??
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Lmao what are you're intellectual credentials??
Well how about this,
Unlike you, I understand that you're means you are. If you are trying to ask someone about their intellectual credentials you would say "What are your intellectual credentials?" Class dismissed.