The Champion Forest Baptist Church’s annual Christmas Spectacular in Houston, Texas have decided to dial back on the whole marching live animals down the aisles component of the performance after one of the actors, a camel, decided to kick a female audience member in the head and rendering her unconscious during one of the shows this month, NBC News reports.
Church spokesman Steve Miori acknowledged in a statement that “an unexpected incident occurred when a camel used in the production struck a guest in the audience. Champion Forest regrets that this happened. Our team responded immediately, and emergency services were engaged,” Miori added, saying the church has remained in contact with the family. The brevity of the reporting suggests that the woman’s injuries were not especially serious. It also omits any specific reason why the fuck this church needed a live camel to do the job that two actors and a decent costume could.