A swarm of about 30,000 bees attacked a couple and their miniature horses, stinging the animals so many times they died. The two horses were called Chip and Trump and belonged to owner, Kristen Beauregard, 44. She herself was stung a horrifying 200 times trying to defend her horses in the attack. Her boyfriend was stung about 50 times, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Saturday.
As the North Texas couple exercised their miniature horses, a swarm of about 30,000 bees attacked; stinging the animals so many times they died. According to reports, the two horses were "so covered in bees they shimmered" before being completely overcome and surrendering to the mass of bees stings they were forced to suffer. The two horses were called Chip and Trump, and belonged to owner, Kristen Beauregard, 44. She herself was stung a horrifying 200 times trying to defend her horses in the attack. Her boyfriend was stung about 50 times, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Saturday.
"They were chasing us down, they were following us," Beauregard said of the incident Wednesday evening. "We swept up piles and piles of them ... it was like a bad movie."
The attack took place as the North Texas woman was exercising Chip in the local area. However, the mass swarm of killer bees then stirred and attacked them, covering the horse, repeatedly stinging it. The owner even described how she and her boyfriend attempted to hurdle into a pool to try and get the bees away, but they were undeterred and continued their fierce attack.
Beauregard was exercising Trump, a Shetland pony, when he started to jump and kick, she said. That is when a cloud of bees began stinging them all over. Trying to escape, she jumped in the pool and the horse followed.
Beauregard said, "It got all dark, like it was nighttime there were so many bees... We were trying stand up in the water but every time we stuck our heads out for air, they would cover us and start stinging us. We were trying to breathe and they were stinging us in the face and in the nose."
Equine veterinarian Patricia Tersteeg tried to save the horse, but was unable to help Chip recover from the severe injuries. She said, "He was so overwhelmed by bites that his body could not handle it... That's way too much for any 250-pound mammal to survive."
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