orlaylod:

The hanging of ‘Mary’
Mary was a five-ton Asian elephant who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. On September 12, 1916, she killed assistant elephant trainer Red Eldridge while he was taking her to a nearby pond to splash and drink. There are several accounts of his death but the most widely accepted version  is that he prodded her behind the ear with a hook after she reached down to nibble on a watermelon rind. She went into a rage, snatched Eldridge with her trunk, threw him against a drink stand and stepped on his head, crushing it.
On September 13, 1916, she was taken to Erwin, Tennessee, where a crowd of over 2,500 people assembled in the Clinchfield Railroad yard. There, she was hanged by the neck from a railcar-mounted industrial crane. The first attempt resulted in a snapped chain, causing Mary to fall and break her hip as dozens of children fled in terror. The severely wounded elephant died during a second attempt and was buried beside the tracks. 

orlaylod:

The hanging of ‘Mary’

Mary was a five-ton Asian elephant who performed in the Sparks World Famous Shows circus. On September 12, 1916, she killed assistant elephant trainer Red Eldridge while he was taking her to a nearby pond to splash and drink. There are several accounts of his death but the most widely accepted version  is that he prodded her behind the ear with a hook after she reached down to nibble on a watermelon rind. She went into a rage, snatched Eldridge with her trunk, threw him against a drink stand and stepped on his head, crushing it.

On September 13, 1916, she was taken to Erwin, Tennessee, where a crowd of over 2,500 people assembled in the Clinchfield Railroad yard. There, she was hanged by the neck from a railcar-mounted industrial crane. The first attempt resulted in a snapped chain, causing Mary to fall and break her hip as dozens of children fled in terror. The severely wounded elephant died during a second attempt and was buried beside the tracks. 

(Source: bertrandwho)


“And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst shit on earth.”
This photo shows the collapse of Torrero Alvaro Munera, as he realized in the middle of the his last fight… the injustice to the animal. From that day forward he became an opponent of bullfights.

“And suddenly, I looked at the bull. He had this innocence that all animals have in their eyes, and he looked at me with this pleading. It was like a cry for justice, deep down inside of me. I describe it as being like a prayer - because if one confesses, it is hoped, that one is forgiven. I felt like the worst shit on earth.”


This photo shows the collapse of Torrero Alvaro Munera, as he realized in the middle of the his last fight… the injustice to the animal. From that day forward he became an opponent of bullfights.

(Source: padbury)

Our bodies are apt to be our autobiographies.: "Shit people say to pierced people"

fuckyeahstretchedears:

“Did that hurt?”

“Did that hurt?”

“Did that hurt?”

“Did that hurt?”

“Did that hurt?”

“Did that hurt?”

“Did that hurt?”

“I usually hate that piercing but it looks alright on you!”

“Did that hurt?”

“I got mine done with a gun it’s fine”

“OW EW…