Owner of killer bear chokes to death on sex toy

[Fuddnik]

Source: MSNBC.com

Owner of killer bear chokes to death on sex toy
Found dead handcuffed to water bed; death likely accidental, coroner says

msnbc.com
updated 1 hour 2 minutes ago


CLEVELAND — An exotic-animal owner who made headlines last summer when one of his bears mauled a woman to death has died after apparently choking on a sex toy, authorities said.

Sam Mazzola, 49, was found dead in his Columbia Station home on Sunday, face down on a water bed. He was bound to the bed with handcuffs, chains and padlocks, Lorain County Chief Deputy Coroner Dr. Frank Miller told the Cleveland Plain Dealer.

Mazzola had a sex toy in his throat, which apparently obstructed his breathing, Miller said. He was also wearing a leather mask with the eyes and mouth zipped shut and a two-piece metal sphere covering his head, the coroner told The Morning Journal.

"He had done this by request according to the story we were given,” Miller told The Morning Journal. “There was an assistant, but that is under investigation.”

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Read more: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43744222/ns/us_news-weird_news/

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Did Casey Anthony get released early?

[MineralMan]

1. Sad business.

Some kinks are dangerous.

[Ian David]

2. There, but for the grace of god, go I. n/t

[Luciferous]

3. Recommending because the title made me laugh :)

[Vinnie From Indy]

4. Is this mindless bullshit day here on DU?

And, in LBN no less.

Maybe it would be a good idea for Skinner to consider a "National Enquirer Forum".

[xchrom]

5. Headline you think you'll never read.

And yet - there it is.

[DemoTex]

6. Yep. I just HAD to click on it.

Maybe this is the real reason Alabama outlawed sex toys.

[hifiguy]

7. That has got to be one of the weirdest

non-Lounge subject lines in DU history.

[Shagbark Hickory]

8. More quality journalism from msnBS.

[gkhouston]

9. What does the bear have to do with anything?

Man, I can't wait 'til Colbert riffs on this story...

[formercia]

22. Historical background.

:rofl:

[Mabus]

33. A play to on the Stranger's wisdom from Lebowski comes to mind

Sometimes you do the sex toy, sometimes the sex toy does you.

[kenny blankenship]

10. Who'll wake up the gimp now?

We hardly knew ye. Except as the guy who -for some reason- owned a bear, that mauled someone to death.

[friendly_iconoclast]

16. Apparently, Zed, Butch, and Marsellus were unavailable for comment n/t

[kenny blankenship]

17. Neighbors expressed no surprise to reporters

One woman who did his housekeeping said, "His favorite TV show always was 'BJ and the Bear.'"

[spanone]

11. lots of weird shit going on in that title

[originalpckelly]

12. Should there be a warning on sex toys now?

"Sex toys can present a choking hazard to young children and stupid adults. Please always make sure you have proper supervision while using them. Perhaps even come up with a code word, or maybe a body position."

"Palomino, dear GOD, PALOMINO!"

[Silent3]

25. Not a good safe word choice for this guy

The guy had a bear. He probably had a palomino too. And god knows what he used either of them for.

[Hassin Bin Sober]

13. Both exotic animals AND exotic toys can be dangerous.

[Silent3]

14. It's definitely more embarrassing, but I can't decide if this is more or less tragic...

...than plummeting to your death while trying to catch a baseball.

[sylveste]

19. less,

much, much less.

[socialshockwave]

15. I'd call this

"karma"

[CoffeeCat]

18. What a weird funeral that would be...

Don't get me wrong, I'm sure this person had friends and family who loved him and
will miss him, but what a surreal scene the funeral would be. A big group of
people, meandering around--all knowing how this person died--with a sex toy
stuffed down this throat.

What an undignified way to leave the planet--and to have all of your closest
family and friends knowing what you were doing---yikes.

And talk about the awkwardness among the funeral attendees. What will the
dominatrix friends say to Grandma Helen?

[TwilightGardener]

31. Yep--how hard will it be to assemble and NOT acknowledge what killed him?

An uncomfortable ceremony, for sure.

[WinkyDink]

37. "Don't ask us!"-----Michael Hutchence, Heath Ledger, and David Carradine.

[Kaleva]

20. Headline makes it look like the bear is the primary suspect.

[Darth_Kitten]

23. I think the bear was cleared.

:silly:

[KittyWampus]

21. I guess the moral is, if you need a safe word during sex, don't obstruct your wind pipe.

[MilesColtrane]

29. Either that, or make your safe word, "Mmmmphph!"

[NV Whino]

24. You really can'r make up this stuff.

[tabasco]

26. Porta-potty man made this guy look normal. n/t

[lunatica]

27. The bizzare subject line alone made me click on this thread

[Buns_of_Fire]

28. "...bound to the bed with handcuffs, chains, and padlocks... There was an assistant..."

I'm assuming then, that they've ruled out suicide.

[Broderick]

34. you would think

[MilesColtrane]

30. "two piece metal sphere"???

Was that some kind of Lady Gaga get up?




(on edit: Here we go: http://www.dungeondelights.com/store/product_info.php?cPath=10&products_id=44&osCsid=5353c0374c37f95aae0272f20b2db766

As Woody Allen said, "Kinky is using a feather - Perverted is using the whole chicken".)

[XanaDUer]

32. Things that make you go hmmmmm

nt.

[Blue-Jay]

35. Given the choice of the means of my death...

I'd rather be mauled by a bear.

[WinkyDink]

36. "I wonder why they call it a 'ga........'."

[MrScorpio]

38. When ya gotta go, make it big. nt