WITW: Just Strange

Florida Woman Dies After Camel Sits on Her

WEWAHITCHKA, Fla. - An owner of an exotic animal farm has died after being kicked and then sat on by a camel. Cathie A. and the 4-year-old camel were being filmed by a local television station on Sunday when the camel kicked her and then sat down during a break in filming.

The station was doing a story on Mini-Akers Exotic Animals, the 15-acre farm A. owned with her husband.

Cathie A's husband, Donnie A., said he would find a new home for Polo, the camel. He believes the 1,800-pound animal was agitated by mating season.

[Do men always blame PMS for everything?]

The couple bought the camel at an auction three weeks ago and kept him in a 50 foot by 80 foot pen.

"My wife did a lot of rescue," Donnie A. said. "She wouldn't let an animal suffer.

[Too bad the animal was willing to let her suffer.]

"We might not have food in the house, but she made sure they had something to eat."

A reporter called 9-1-1 when A. fell under the camel.

"To be honest with you, I don't think there's much that she could have done," said Gulf County Sheriff D.U.

A deputy and paramedics moved the camel and recovered Cathie A.'s body.

Donnie A said he believes his wife either suffocated or was crushed by the animal. The As started their exotic animal farm nearly 10 years ago.

[This story is just so bizarre. I know the Lord has all things in His hand and no one ever knows when or how they will die. But still, did she NEED to own a camel?]