SUDDEN DEATH: Manure!
A dairy owner died when his tractor sank into a manure pit, Fresno County authorities said. Jose Iraizoz, 64, was riding his tractor between two open pits when the wheels apparently slipped into about 5 feet of sludge. By the time help arrived, Iraizoz had been in the manure too long to have survived, Sheriff’s Lt. Mark Padilla said.
-L.A. Times, July 14, 2006
July 31st, 2006 at 8:46 pm
Eeeewwwwhhhhhh!
Can’t imagine going out like that… suffocating on Cow dung… yuck!
August 1st, 2006 at 12:37 pm
Chalk that up as yet another reason to watch out for massive feedlots. Five feet deep of manure in pits means they’ve got several thousand animals there, and they’re not getting their nutrition from a pasture.
August 1st, 2006 at 1:50 pm
Now Robert, I’ve talked to you before about your knowledge of things… How in the world do you know about feedlots and manure piles? :>)
August 1st, 2006 at 3:36 pm
I second Doug!
August 2nd, 2006 at 9:35 am
Driving from Boulder, CO to Chicagoland past Greeley and through Nebraska and Iowa, one sees the results of monstrous feedlots. Plus I read a Dave Barry column about a hog doot cannon that shoots the stuff about a quarter mile to apply it to fields. :^)
Maybe the Israelis should use it against Hezbollah….