BANGKOK: A hippotamus swallowed a circus dwarf ina "freak accident" in northern Thailand, according to a columnist in the Pattaya Mail.
The Grapevine column reported: "A circus dwarf, nicknamed Od, died recently when he bounced sideways from a trampoline and was swallowed by a yawning hippopotamus waiting to appear in the next act."
"Vets saidHilda the Hippo had a gag reflex which caused her to swallow. More than 1000 spectators continued to applaud wildly until they realised there had been a tragic mistake."