DAVENPORT, Iowa — An 85-year-old man who suffered a head wound and bruises after falling into a camel pen at a small circus in Davenport says he's glad it wasn't the elephant pen.

An 85-year-old man who suffered a head wound and bruises after falling into a camel pen at a small circus in Davenport says he's glad it wasn't the elephant pen.

Video surveillance capturing a bizarre encounter at an Iberville Parish truck stop shows a Florida couple trying to retrieve their deaf dog from a camel's enclosure before the startled 600-pound ...

Wayne says that tipped him into the camel pen. The circus carries four camels that were in the enclosure, chewing their cud. Camels are dumb, unfriendly animals that will spit and kick.