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so far out of proportion, it's unreal.

Happy Horseman:

How many places do you know of

that actually gets CNN news to go down

and fly a helicopter over the property

just so they can have some footage

for an accidental death?

H:

One day I'm doing just fine,

and the next day I'm an evil person.

There's nothing evil about me.

I wasn't breaking the law.

I had everything going for me

and it all come crashing down around me.

Anchor:
[ On TV ]

...Animal cruelty after a bizarre death in King County.

Reporter:
[ On TV ]

According to the Sheriff's Department,

the man died from internal bleeding after

allegedly having sex with a horse in Enumclaw.

According to the King County

Sheriff's Office...

Authorities were able to find the farm after the man

was dropped off at a local hospital.

Surveillance cameras traced the vehicle

used back to the farm.

Deputies say they are investigating the possibility

that animal cruelty laws might apply.

H:

We had buckets full of tapes and CDs and stuff.

I wanted to get

the stuff out of the house.

I was scared.

[ Phone ringing ]

Happy Horseman:

We did notice

a very definite change in the phone service.

[ Ringing ]

Happy Horseman:

Picking up the phone, every 15 seconds,

there would be a little blank spot.

Nobody at

either end could hear.

And then it would come

back to normal again.

Every 15 seconds.

And that went on for quite a few days.

[ Banging on door ]

We were actually getting

tracts, religious tracts.

People were trying to save our souls.

[ Music plays ]

Man 1 :
[ On phone ]

Hello, dad!

Man 2:

Hello, son!

Man 1:

Hey, dad, you know what?

They... They need to get

this guy's name out there.

What's the guy thinking, screwing a horse?

- [ Laughter ]

-...Find out.

[ Laughter ]

Man 2:

Well, nobody finds out if you live!

Rush Limbaugh:
[ On radio ]

To the remaining items in our news digest today:

"people who have..."

This from Olympia, Washington.

"People who have sex with animals

should face felony convictions for animal cruelty",

says a Republican Senator pushing

for a ban on bestiality.

"These animals don't have

the cognitive ability to consent

and that is the case, that we have to be

protecting them", said Pam Roach.

Really, now, I hate to express

my naivete about these kinds of things,

but... Well, no, I don't, actually.

I'm very proud

to be naive about these kinds of things.

But how do they know

the horse didn't consent?

How in the world...

Can this happen without consent?

We're talking... We're...

We're talking about

a human being and a horse.

[ Stammering ]

If... If the horse didn't consent,

then none

of this would have happened.

Happy Horseman:

They're looking for a spark...

To get a sh*t storm started.

And this provided that spark.

[ Music plays ]

He said, "stop right where you're at.

Put your hands behind you.

You're being arrested for homicide."

And I said, "what? I am?"

"I can't tell you any more.

You've got to come with me."

[ Music plays ]

H:

I had it loaded.

I had it in my mouth.

I was going to blow

the top of my head off.

That's how I felt.

50 calibre rifle.

Black powder.

Can you imagine

what that would have done to me?

[ Grunting on TV ]

[ Inaudible ]

H:

They were investigating a homicide that didn't happen.

[ Grunting continues ]

H:

They assumed it was the horse that killed Mr. Hands.

They assumed that.

[ Grunting/groaning on TV ]

Mr. Hands:
[ On TV ]

Oh, God...

H:

It doesn't show anything.

All's it shows is the horse

doing something.

[ Grunting continues ]

Man:

Is that your horse?

Coyote:

In their mind, they don't care

whether it's a filly

underneath them or a human.

You've got something

like a male animal,

pretty much our purpose

on this earth is to procreate.

I don't mean to sound detrimental to males,

but we're here to pass the seed along

that keeps generations going.

So there's always that drive.

[ Moaning ]

Get out of my head!

Happy Horseman:

There were some nutcases in that jail.

Get out of my head!

[ Groaning ]

Get out of my head!

Get out of my head!

Happy Horseman:

You're dealing with some very strange mentality.

And they had one guy up in there,

just thinks it's kind of fun

to go around instigating fights.

I've got a couple friends

who are coming here...

We're going to

blow a hole in the walls.

Happy Horseman:

Jeez, this is nuts.

I'm stuck with all these guys in here.

Finally, they took me upstairs

and said, "okay, this is...

This and this and this and this.

And we already know about that.

And this and this and this. Sign here."

"No.

What you've been hearing

is not exactly true."

We were basically

gone for the weekend.

We were not expecting Mr. Hands

to make an appearance at all.

H:

Every time he'd come out to the house,

It was always about the son...

How he's coming along in school.

His writing was getting better.

This went on for hours.

Oh, yeah. He loved his boy.

That was one of the things

he was setting up the house for.

It was for her

to come back and live with him.

So he could be closer to his son.

[ Music plays ]

Coyote:

He was losing blood into his abdominal cavity.

You can have an injury like that

and be bleeding to death internally

and not really feel it.

I don't know if he really understood

that what had happened

was something that was killing him.

Happy Horseman:

He thought that getting married, having kids...

That was going to be

the greatest thing in his life,

and that didn't turn out as great.

Some of the different relationships

he's had, just close friends...

Others, it went further than that...

Some of those didn't turn out so good.

So in a way...

Coming to the ranch was,

"I don't have to impress anybody.

I don't have to really

deal with relationships."

Jenny:

His family had commented to me

that they were shocked when he called

and said, "I bought a horse".

They didn't want

to go onto the property

because they didn't want to have anything to do

with the people that were involved.

But from an estate point of view,

they had these animals that had to be dealt with.

[ Music plays ]

H:

The sheriff gave me seven days to get out.

I already gave my mares away.

I already took my bulls to the auction

and all I had left was Gablar and Strut.

Jenny:

The brother, the father and l

all met in the station

and the police led us out to the property.

We pulled up into the yard

and the police chief drove on.

And that's when I really realized

that he wasn't going to come in with us.

This guy came out and it was extremely obvious

that he was very deeply involved.

The brother just kept

saying, "keep me away from this guy.

Just keep me away from this guy."

He struck us as

a child molester type,

just a really creepy kind of guy.

So I said, "we've come to pick up

one or two horses. Where are they??"

[ Music plays ]

At the time, I thought, "I can't think

through this right now".

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