Wednesday, February 9, 2011

A Night At The Cockfights

Part of the fun of going to a sporting even is catching a fly ball or getting hit with an errant puck in the stands. And sometimes, you get stabbed in the leg by a bird at an illegal cockfight.

Jose Luis Ochoa (35) was declared dead about two hours after he was injured in neighboring Tulare County (central California, give it up!). The autopsy concluded Ochoa died of an accidental “sharp force injury” to his right calf. Because there is no deliberate sharp force injury to your calf at a cockfight.

Ochoa and other spectators fled when authorities arrived at the scene of the fight. Deputies found five dead roosters and "other evidence of cockfighting at the location", which is curious given that dead roosters is the best indicator of cockfighting. Clearly, having front row seats to the cockfight is exciting until you're face to face calf to claw with an fighting bird.

Said Vince at Film Drunk (who posted the story), "Yeah, I bet they considered shutting down Project Mayhem after that one."

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