Pet lizard eats owner

[sho.gun]

DOVER, Delaware (AP) -- Several
flesh-eating pet lizards were found
feasting on the corpse of their owner in
his apartment, police said.

Police were called to Ronald Huff's
apartment in Newark, Delaware, on
Wednesday after a relative became worried
because Huff failed to show up for work,
investigators said.

Officers found Huff's body on the floor,
with his pet Nile monitor lizards feeding on
his flesh. The state medical examiner is
investigating the cause of death.

Huff, 42, had last been seen Sunday, New
Castle County police said.

Workers with the Delaware Society for the
Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recovered
seven lizards, the largest measuring 6 feet
long and weighing 25 pounds.

"They're alive and well," said SPCA director
John Caldwell. He added that one of the
reptiles recovered was acting aggressively,
"actually going toward you, mouth open."

Caldwell said the lizards have small but very sharp teeth and muscular, whip-like
tails that can seriously injure a person. In the wild, they eat eggs, birds and other
animals, he said.

"In captivity, we feed them raw chicken and liver. You can also feed them
hard-boiled eggs," he said. < /p>

The SPCA will try to place the lizards with zoos or educational groups, Caldwell
said. Barring that, they will be euthanized.

The lizards are considered exotic pets in Delaware and cannot be acquired without
a permit from the state Department of Agriculture.

State veterinarian Dr. H.W. Towers said the department stopped issuing such
permits for New Castle County residents in 1997 after the county passed an
ordinance to stop the proliferation of exotic pets.

Caldwell said he was told that Huff was granted an exotic pet permit several years
ago. Towers said he didn't know, however, if Huff had permits for all the lizards.

"If somebody had come for seven monitor lizards, somebody would have said
something to me," Towers said.

from CNN

[Kim]

That is just gross! :puke:

[topane]

I saw this on TV last night. Gruesome, yet strangely funny. I just hope I don't die near my cat's litter box.

[Grimm]

I smell a Darwin award!
The guy kept 7 large flesh-eating lizards. Why not just go swimming in your own shark tank? Monitor lizards aren't affectionate and just consider you a big hunk of meat that they can't eat because you might eat them first. That's why people don't keep monitor lizards. Moron.

Keeping dangerous pets is stupid.

[jase71]

Originally posted by Grimm
Monitor lizards aren't affectionate and just consider you a big hunk of meat...

Strangely like being married... :)

Here's to hoping my wife doesn't read this page, or the next article might be about me! :D

[hoey222]

another outstanding headline for delaWHERE???


ug :P

[chrissy]

The guy was dumb! Donnie and I had an Iguana for several years. Female, luckly. Males tend to be violent especially around women who are having a period. My BIL had one before Donnie got his and it took a big bite out of my MIL nose. She can't stand a lizard near her face (duh). Griffin (ours) was a good girl. She thought she was a cat. Would lay on the back of the couch and pet your shoulder till you gave her attention. She used to climb up Donnie's bike to get to the top of the bike stand. BIG difference between Iguanas and Monitors though. Iguanas are strickly veggie eaters but will become violent if mistreated or neglected.

Griff died a week after Donnie came home from Korea. It was sad. I knew she was dying and when I packed my house up, my in laws took her with them to Reno till we got settled. The weekend before we were going up north to visit, she past away. :(

[whitak24]

i guess i can't feel too sorry for this guy. as Grimm said the other day, "He made the bed, now he can lie on it"

[eSDee]

I don't know sounds like suicide to me :munch: :dead:

[jase71]

Originally posted by EsDeeLoco
I don't know sounds like suicide to me

Suicide by lizard ingestion.

That's a new one. Think there's a checkbox on the coroner's report for that? :eek:

(and yes, I know that's not what you meant EsDee!)

[eSDee]

Originally posted by jase71


Suicide by lizard ingestion.

That's a new one. Think there's a checkbox on the coroner's report for that? :eek:

(and yes, I know that's not what you meant EsDee!)

No that's what I meant alright! ;)

[mojo]

Originally posted by jase71


Suicide by lizard ingestion.

That's a new one. Think there's a checkbox on the coroner's report for that? :eek:

(and yes, I know that's not what you meant EsDee!)
you kidding me? he stocked up on lizard mints (tm) for this one ;)

[DoPeY5007]

:eek: that is just scary, what if some kid was visiting him and the lizards got to the kid

[molecularfire]

Kinda funny. :D
Loved how the story focused so much more on how humanely the lizards are going to be treated than how he died (although I guess at this stage, they don't know how yet). Sounds like they glossed over his death and wanted us to be assured that the lizards would do well. I do kinda feel bad for the lizards though (heard human meat isn't very tasty, but obviously haven't tried it, nor do I intend to).

[Grimm]

Originally posted by molecularfire
(heard human meat isn't very tasty, but obviously haven't tried it, nor do I intend to).
Tastes like chicken.:|

















Yes, I am kidding.:rolleyes:

[DoPeY5007]

Originally posted by Grimm

Tastes like chicken.:munch: :lick:

























Yes, I am kidding.:rolleyes:


:laugh: :heh:

[BrewMaster]

he could have died of a heart attack or any other natural cause and then the lizards just started snacking on his warm carcass. you never know...

[Windsor]

Talk about biting the hand that feeds you :lick: .

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by molecularfire
(heard human meat isn't very tasty, but obviously haven't tried it, nor do I intend to).

Monitor lizards have a taste for human flesh for some reason.

:hmm: Maybe they just waited for him to go to sleep and then all jumped on him at once, killing him. That's what I would have done.

[coleslaw]

Originally posted by molecularfire
heard human meat isn't very tasty, but obviously haven't tried it, nor do I intend to

Got|ManBeef (http://www.manbeef.com)?

[mojo]

i just hope they ate him all at once. that stuff doesn't keep very long when you leave it out.

[sho.gun]

Originally posted by coleslaw


Got|ManBeef (http://www.manbeef.com)?


AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!:2far::splat:

[xsiled2]

woa thats creepy , pretty funny if its fake...

[brainsmile]

Note to self: don't get lizards

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by coleslaw


Got|ManBeef (http://www.manbeef.com)?

um, that made my stomach churn.

[IrishSS]

Originally posted by coleslaw


Got|ManBeef (http://www.manbeef.com)?

That is absolutely repulsive. :angry:

[BrewMaster]

Originally posted by brainsmile
Note to self: don't get lizards

you might want to tatoo that on yourself like th guy in Momento...

[Nija]

Serving Size : 25
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method



5 pounds boneless ManBeef chuck roast
1 large onion -- chopped
1 cup celery -- chopped
1 small can green chilies -- chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
16 ounces can whole -- peeled tomatoes
1 tablespoon hot salsa
1 teaspoon ground pepper
3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
Combine all ingredients and let stand in refrigerator overnight. Cook, in a cast iron or blue granite roaster, covered, in a 275 degree oven for 12 hours.
Remove from oven and shred with fork. Serve on hot onion rolls. Makes 25 sandwiches. Freezes well.

mmm i'm hungry now

[Ladogaboy]

Originally posted by Nija
Serving Size : 25
Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method



5 pounds boneless ManBeef chuck roast
1 large onion -- chopped
1 cup celery -- chopped
1 small can green chilies -- chopped
1/2 teaspoon salt
16 ounces can whole -- peeled tomatoes
1 tablespoon hot salsa
1 teaspoon ground pepper
3/4 teaspoon garlic salt
Combine all ingredients and let stand in refrigerator overnight. Cook, in a cast iron or blue granite roaster, covered, in a 275 degree oven for 12 hours.
Remove from oven and shred with fork. Serve on hot onion rolls. Makes 25 sandwiches. Freezes well.

mmm i'm hungry now

Nija!!! That goes in the thread for Bachelor Recipies! ;)