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stockula

stockula

Anchorage, AK
May 2003

FEB 27, 2004 06:15 AM

eeek

Pet spider kills its owner

From ALLAN HALL
in Berlin

A MAN who lived in his own ?zoo? of lizards and insects was fatally bitten by a pet black widow spider ? then eaten by the other creepy-crawlies.

Police broke in to Mark Voegel?s apartment to find spider Bettina along with 200 others, several snakes, a gecko lizard called Helmut and several thousand termites had gorged on his body.

Neighbours alerted police after becoming alarmed by the stink.

And horrified officers were met by a nightmare scene.

A police spokesman said: ?It was like a horror movie. His corpse was over the sofa.

?Giant webs draped him, spiders were all over him. They were coming out of his nose and his mouth.

?There was everything there one could imagine in the world of reptiles.

?Larger pieces of flesh torn off by the lizards were scooped up and taken back to the webs of tarantulas and other bird-eating spiders.?

Loner Voegel, 30, never invited people back to his ?jungle? home, a small apartment in the German city of Dortmund.

Police described it as a cross between a botanical garden and the butterfly breeding ground in the serial killer movie The Silence Of The Lambs.

One tarantula had built a nest the size of a swallow?s in a corner of the ceiling.

Voegel also had a boa constrictor and several poisonous frogs from South America.

Spider expert and animal cruelty officer Gabi Bayer said he kept creatures ?that should never be allowed in a private home?.

She said: ?He had spiders so aggressive they are the equivalent of a pit-bull in the animal world.?

The reptiles were allowed to roam free in the flat.

The heating elements on two tanks containing spiders and their termite snacks had exploded and dislodged the metal tops allowing them to escape.

Voegel is thought to have been dead for between seven and 14 days.

A post-mortem will be carried out in the next few days. But authorities believe Bettina alone was responsible for Voegel?s death.

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2004092008,00.html

Nic

Nic

SUICIDEGIRL

United Kingdom

FEB 27, 2004 06:21 AM

Thanks for that Stockula. *shudder*

UnnecessaryZ

unnecessaryz

Astoria, NY
July 2003

FEB 27, 2004 06:25 AM

Whoa. Rad.

PsychicGoldfish

PsychicGoldfish

HOPEFUL

Orono, ME

FEB 27, 2004 06:32 AM

That's a very Germany thing to happen...

TheInsomniac

TheInsomniac

Washington, DC
October 2003

FEB 27, 2004 06:33 AM

Best. Birthday present. Ever.

TygerTyger

TygerTyger

Canada
March 2003

FEB 27, 2004 06:37 AM

SaintAshlar said:
Best. Birthday present. Ever.



I disagree. Check out the Testimonial BlixaSinister left me. biggrin

TANK_Ex_Mortis

TANK_Ex_Mortis

Yellow Springs, OH
January 2004

FEB 27, 2004 06:39 AM

Awesome.

Now then, have you already nominated him for a Darwin Award, or should I? biggrin

dvsskunk

dvsskunk

Westminster, CO
December 2003

FEB 27, 2004 06:52 AM

Thats like super cool ARRR!!!

Hati

Hati

Los Angeles, CA
December 2003

FEB 27, 2004 07:01 AM

Thank God it happened. He was in the middle of a process to cross breed spiders and pit-bulls. Lord only knows what kind of havok his "Spuds McKillers" would have wreaked upon the world.

UnnecessaryZ

unnecessaryz

Astoria, NY
July 2003

FEB 27, 2004 07:34 AM

The only way that would have been cooler is if the police found him like that while Slayer was playing in the backround. So metal.

moonglum123

moonglum123

Louisville, KY
January 2004

FEB 27, 2004 07:39 AM

Sucks to be him! YEEEEUCK! puke

Corso

Corso

New York, NY
November 2003

FEB 27, 2004 07:51 AM

Man that is great

Ada

Ada

SUICIDEGIRL

Maryland, USA

FEB 27, 2004 08:22 AM

Oh my god. I'm going to have nighmares about that.

beaky

beaky

Miami, FL
April 2003

FEB 27, 2004 08:27 AM

This looks like Vendetta's work

penates

penates

Madison, WI
December 2003

FEB 27, 2004 08:46 AM

Nice use of the word "menagarie." I fuckin' love that word.

Ada

Ada

SUICIDEGIRL

Maryland, USA

FEB 27, 2004 08:49 AM

This comes up as "Man killed, eaten by me..." on the front page. For some reason i can't stop laughing about that.

One_Pure_Thought

One_Pure_Thought

East Greenwich, RI
October 2003

FEB 27, 2004 08:51 AM

PseudoFish said:
That's a very Germany thing to happen...



I agree.

It would have been cool if the spiders escaped and reeked havoc on the tenants of the apartment. It would have been even better if Jeff Daniels was living in that apartment as well smile

Arachnaphobia anyone?

Lemonkid

Lemonkid

Canada
May 2003

FEB 27, 2004 09:02 AM

Spiders, spiders burning bright..
in the apartments of the night..
what immortal hand or eye
could stop thy fearful symmetry.

SupremePizzaMan

SupremePizzaMan

Seattle, WA
September 2003

FEB 27, 2004 10:10 AM

Now your just making shit up. whatever

MrGinger

MrGinger

San Rafael, CA
November 2003

FEB 27, 2004 10:24 AM

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAAAAAAAAaaaaaaaaa! Fuck Yeah! That's like this dream I had, but I hadn't been killed and eaten yet. What happens when one dies of a black widow bite? In their last moments that is. Do they convulse? Or do they just fall asleep. This story would make an excellent short film.

friedbanana105

friedbanana105

Antarctica
November 2003

FEB 27, 2004 10:32 AM

But authorities believe Bettina alone was responsible for Voegel's death.





but she looks so harmless...

BoxOfficePoison

BoxOfficePoison

Portland, OR
June 2003

FEB 27, 2004 10:36 AM

This happens a lot with the elderly and their cats actually. Live alone, die, no one notices and no one feeds the cats so the cats eat them to stay alive. Happened to an aunt of mine.

Hati

Hati

Los Angeles, CA
December 2003

FEB 28, 2004 06:35 AM

Oh man, that is realy nasty. Ugh. Like, really gross. It's like that "got milk" ad when the cats terrorize the woman when she tries to give them powdered milk.

Dogslife

dogslife

Toronto, ON
April 2003

FEB 28, 2004 06:43 AM

beaker76 said:
This looks like Vendetta's work



She gave him puppies!