A little before five o’clock on the evening of October 18, 2011, I headed into the paddock behind my house to attend my horse, Atticus, my parents had bought six days earlier. Atticus started acting skittish and decided to move to the far corner of the field. On the other side of the fence separated my family’s house and our neighbor’s property, Terry Thompson. I noticed Thompson’s horses seemed even more agitated than my horse. They were circling around the field and in the center there was a dark shape. When the dark shape broke out, I noticed that it was a black bear. I wasn’t overly alarmed by the sight of the black bear because it wasn’t too big as black bears go and it started to run away in the opposite direction i was standing. I decided
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I told her there was a major problem. All these years I knew Thompson had wild animals, but I never knew how many. My mom and I assumed that the two animals came from his property. My mom called Terry, but noone answered. At that time was when she called 911. While I remained trapped in the barn, there was a window I peeked through and watched the menagerie grow. Along came a wolf, a second bear, this one much larger than the first, and this time the same lion I had seen before, was now pacing back and forth. I, all of a sudden, saw a tiger. This tiger was much bigger than the lion. The tiger started to snarl and soon went after the …show more content…
I made it all the way there and turned the TV on to see if any other news came through. The officers knew Terry Thompson drove a white van and had seen it parked in his driveway. The officers went back and got out of the cruiser and they both saw Terry Thompson, bloody and lying flat on his back. There was a pistol on the grass and a tiger gnawing at Thompson’s head. Most of the top of his head was missing but other parts of him had also been
I told her there was a major problem. All these years I knew Thompson had wild animals, but I never knew how many. My mom and I assumed that the two animals came from his property. My mom called Terry, but noone answered. At that time was when she called 911. While I remained trapped in the barn, there was a window I peeked through and watched the menagerie grow. Along came a wolf, a second bear, this one much larger than the first, and this time the same lion I had seen before, was now pacing back and forth. I, all of a sudden, saw a tiger. This tiger was much bigger than the lion. The tiger started to snarl and soon went after the …show more content…
I made it all the way there and turned the TV on to see if any other news came through. The officers knew Terry Thompson drove a white van and had seen it parked in his driveway. The officers went back and got out of the cruiser and they both saw Terry Thompson, bloody and lying flat on his back. There was a pistol on the grass and a tiger gnawing at Thompson’s head. Most of the top of his head was missing but other parts of him had also been