After woman bites Tiger Truck Stop camel, animal given precautionary antibiotics

The Advocate

A veterinarian prescribed antibiotics Monday for a camel that lives behind an Iberville Parish truck stop after a Florida woman told law officers she bit the 600-pound animal’s genitalia after it sat on her when she and her husband entered its enclosure to retrieve their deaf dog. 

Sheriff’s office documents obtained Monday allege Gloria Lancaster, 68, and Edmond Lancaster, 73, let their unleashed dog enter the pen behind the Tiger Truck Stop at Grosse Tete, 16 miles west of Baton Rouge. The couple told deputies the camel attacked the dog without provocation, but the sheriff’s office said the couple and their pooch invaded the camel’s “personal space” last Wednesday — Hump Day — by shoving it and swatting at it.

Iberville officials had said Sunday that the Lancasters, of Milton, Florida, told investigators she had to bite the animal’s testicles to get it to stand up.

“Edmond stated that his wife bit the camels (sic) private parts in desperation to get the camel off of her as it bit him on the left elbow,” an affidavit said. “After the camel stood up his wife was able to get free, grab their small dog and get back outside of the fenced in barbed wire fence.”

The deputies said the camel did not harm Edmond Lancaster. “The injury to Edmond is consistent with crawling under the barbwire fence, not with being bitten by the camel,” the affidavit says. Security video footage did not match the Lancasters’ account.

A deputy wrote in the report that the couple had given “numerous inconsistent verbal statements” that couldn’t be corroborated through surveillance video and others who saw the encounter.

The sheriff’s office report said the couple was feeding their deaf dog treats near the fence, and investigators found bone-shaped treats inside of the 6-foot-tall enclosure that’s surrounded by signs warning visitors to keep out.

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9 thoughts on “After woman bites Tiger Truck Stop camel, animal given precautionary antibiotics

  1. When I first read read this story (on a different site), I couldn’t help but laugh. She did WHAT?!?! “Women bit a Camel and animal given antibiotics”. Huh? What the…???
    Then I dug a bit deeper and found the report from The Advocate (local news) and discovered Where she bit the camel and how it came about.
    Check the bottom link for the full story.
    Casper, the camel, should have sh$t in her face when she bit him in the balls.

  2. Thank you for the post, Angel. I will never feel abnormal again.

    I chased a naked guy from Texas in Limerick, Ireland down a hotel hallway from out of my room with a knife after telling him I am gonna kill you, mf, just as he was gonna climb into bed with me and my girl.

    Turns out he had the wrong room after a night at the pub and my door was faulty, allowing access without proper key card.

    I am pretty normal after all…

    1. It’s really pretty hard to define “normal.” You slid in right on the outer edges.

      Aside: Every time I hear the word “Limerick” I think of flee.

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  3. “… she had to bite the animal’s testicles to get it to stand up.”

    We’re in SERIOUS need of a MASSIVE gene pool cleansing in this country.

    I sh#t you not.

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