Llama Attack Ends in 700 Stitches
Published : Sunday, 15 Nov 2009, 9:48 PM CST
Dionne Anglin
FOX 4 News
Adapted for Web by Alice Kalthoff
BLUM, Texas - James Steele knew llamas were ornery, but he never expected "Spanky" to attack him.
"I knew they'd spit on you, run into on their back legs and knock you down," said the 59-year-old Hill County resident, "but I'd never had one physically try to hurt me, bite me. That sucker did hurt me."
Steele has the physical proof: he's on crutches now, with 700 stitches embroidering his right lower leg.
Last week he and a friend were in a field near his home in the town of Blum, about 90 miles southwest of Dallas.
They were checking on his goats when a neighbor's llama got in the way. Steele tried to shoo away the normally gentle 8-foot-tall animal.
He figures his actions caused the creature to snap.
"He was on them hind legs, had them front legs up and he hit me and knocked me down, and after that the lights kinda went out," Steele remembered.
"They say he grabbed me by the leg and shook me and throwed me about ten feet."
Friend Terry Flowers saw what was happening and found the first weapon he could to help.
"I grabbed that pipe and jumped the fence and just started hittin' on him just to get him off of him," said Flowers.
The llama's owner ended up shooting and killing the animal. Rabies tests came back negative.
The attack was especially dangerous for Steele, who is on blood thinner medication and is awaiting a heart transplant.
The animal's behavior is puzzling to everyone.
"Their grandchildren rode on this llama. Why do you think this would do that?" said Robbie Steele, the victim's wife. "I don't know if it just didn't like him, or if it was having a bad day."
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I knew they were dangerous
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I wonder if the Llama went insane from this forum and decided to find a way out of his insanity. Too bad they had to shoot the Llama. I didn't know they could get that violent.
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anything can get violent, just poke them in the side with a paperclip and bam, insane creature
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Crazy sh-it goes on down here in TX. LOL!!!
The other guy hit the LLama in the head with a pipe.
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LLAMA's!
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o no there back
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you know all this talk about llamas and no one mentioned this one wtf
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llamas are shifty
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Its kinda like a news story from a few yrs back when some guy was stomped to death by an ostrich...
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they left out that a hemi cuda was the intended target of the attack
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I think someone has a tough time counting stitches.
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I think someone has a tough time counting stitches.
I was a sticth counter in College.
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Ick - Llamas... stupid, arrogant beasts that smell bad.
Alpacas are nice though!
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whats the difference
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