Wildebeest Tramples, Kills Indiana Man
A 500-pound wildebeest kept with other exotic animals on a northern Indiana farm trampled its owner to death, police said Tuesday.
It was unclear what caused the animal, an African antelope also known as a gnu, to attack Klaus “Dick” Radandt, 64, in the barnyard behind his home near South Bend.
The coroner said the male animal apparently repeatedly rammed Radandt and then trampled him. The man’s wife found him lying on the ground; paramedics were unable to revive him.
The cause of death was blunt force trauma to the chest and head. The wildebeest’s horns, which grow large and curved, had been cut to the nubs, police said.
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