Hmm...mass sheepicide?

[LH Panther Mom]

450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey Fri Jul 8, 9:59 PM ET

ISTANBUL, Turkey - First one sheep jumped to its death. Then stunned Turkish shepherds, who had left the herd to graze while they had breakfast, watched as nearly 1,500 others followed, each leaping off the same cliff, Turkish media reported.

In the end, 450 dead animals lay on top of one another in a billowy white pile, the Aksam newspaper said. Those who jumped later were saved as the pile got higher and the fall more cushioned, Aksam reported.

"There's nothing we can do. They're all wasted," Nevzat Bayhan, a member of one of 26 families whose sheep were grazing together in the herd, was quoted as saying by Aksam.

The estimated loss to families in the town of Gevas, located in Van province in eastern Turkey, tops $100,000, a significant amount of money in a country where average GDP per head is around $2,700.

"Every family had an average of 20 sheep," Aksam quoted another villager, Abdullah Hazar as saying. "But now only a few families have sheep left. It's going to be hard for us."

[TheDOCTORdre]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey Fri Jul 8, 9:59 PM ET


In related news thousands of Aggies mourn

[jason]

Originally posted by TheDOCTORdre
In related news thousands of Aggies mourn roflmao

:clap: :clap: :clap:

[44INAROW]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
450 Sheep Jump to Their Deaths in Turkey Fri Jul 8, 9:59 PM ET

They're all wasted,"

Sounds like it was drug related :p

[Ranger Mom]

http://watercolor-landscapes-online.co.uk/Smiley-gifs/sheep%5B1%5D.gif

[HighSchool Fan]

Originally posted by TheDOCTORdre
In related news thousands of Aggies mourn

greatness :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap: :clap:

[ML05]

I just hope it's not the Serta mattress sheep : (

[raider red 2000]

i figure that the yell leaders were looking for home coming dates already....and even the foreign sheep dont wanna be in aggie land.

[jason]

http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/9558/sheepsmiley0bk.gif

[pirate4state]

Originally posted by jason
http://img122.imageshack.us/img122/9558/sheepsmiley0bk.gif


LMAO!!! :clap:

[AggieJohn]

i'm keeping quiet debbie, it's hard too, but i am

[lepfan]

Originally posted by TheDOCTORdre
In related news thousands of Aggies mourn

I was at the airport the other day and was wondering why all those Aggies were on that Turkish airline....hmmmm, wonder what the sheeep were running from:thinking: ....

[Ranger05]

LOL

[Bandera YaYa]

Originally posted by lepfan
I was at the airport the other day and was wondering why all those Aggies were on that Turkish airline....hmmmm, wonder what the sheeep were running from:thinking: .... ...my guess it was those sawed off horns of theirs......... :D

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by AggieJohn
i'm keeping quiet debbie, it's hard too, but i am

I know - it wasn't intended as that type thread. I just found it interesting that a large flock of sheep would act like lemmings.

[Old Tiger]

July 22, 2005


There will be a candle light vigil to mourne the deaths of the 450 sheep and it will be held at the campus of Texas A&M.


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[GreenMonster]

Hey, look on the bright side, they could treat it like that million pound Vietnamese catfish that was in here last week and have a giant cookout and invite all the neighbors :D

[gobbler grad]

Originally posted by Ranger Mom
http://watercolor-landscapes-online.co.uk/Smiley-gifs/sheep%5B1%5D.gif


cute...very cute...:)

[lepfan]

Originally posted by LH Panther Mom
I know - it wasn't intended as that type thread. I just found it interesting that a large flock of sheep would act like lemmings.

but ya should have figured so... ;)...

[LH Panther Mom]

Originally posted by lepfan
but ya should have figured so... ;)...

I know. :( It just wasn't a good Monday, so "thinking" wasn't one of my strong suits while I working earlier.