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The Crazy True Story of the Zanesville Zoo Escape

By Chris Heath · GQ · February 2012

#6 in 2012·#9 in Disaster·#18 in Nature

The Crazy True Story of the Zanesville Zoo Escape

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"51 Dead in Ohio. The body count: fifty exotic animals, one man. Chris Heath reports on the Zanesville massacre"

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