Dad killed by ‘violent chicken’: Man dies of ‘massive bleeding’ while whispering ‘rooster’ after being attacked by aggressive bird at home in Ireland

A grandfather was killed by his violent chicken which had previously attacked a child, an inquest in Ireland has heard.

Cancer patient Jasper Kraus, who was living near Ballinasloe at the time, was killed on April 28 last year after being attacked by a Brahma hen.

The 67-year-old Dutchman, formerly of The Hague, Netherlands, suffered a heart attack after the bird drove its tracks into his leg, causing him to lose liters of blood.

Police officers and his daughter, Virginia Guinan, Mr. Kraus found in a pool of blood from the wound on his leg. His lodger said he could whisper the word “rooster” when he passed out and regained consciousness.

Rescue workers resuscitated the victim, but their efforts were unsuccessful.

Ms Guinan, 33, told an inquest into her father’s death that she rushed home to find paramedics already at the grim scene, the Irish Mirror reported.

She was approached by her father’s sex man, Corey O’Keeffe, who lived with Mr. Kraus for two years and looked after the animals.

Mr. O’Keeffe had just gotten home from a night shift at 8:00. Before going to bed he fed the animals and said goodbye to Mr. Kraus. Soon after, the sheriff heard, the tenant was woken up by the Dutchman shouting, “Come on, hurry up.”

According to Galway Beo, the tenant performed CPR on the victim for 25 minutes before an ambulance arrived.

He testified and said that blood from Mr. Kraus’ leg was walking and that he noticed a large wound in the man’s calf and scratches on his other leg.

When he regained consciousness, Mr. Kraus told his lodger “dick”, the inquest heard. Eventually he lost so much blood that he had a heart attack.

Dr. Annette Jennings told the inquest in a statement read during the trial that paramedics tried to resuscitate Mr. Kraus when she arrived at the scene in Killahornia, County Roscommon. He was pronounced dead at 3:24 p.m.

She said the circumstances of the man’s death were unusual due to the wound inflicted by a chicken.

The animal-loving 67-year-old, formerly of The Hague, Netherlands, suffered a heart attack after the bird made its mark on his leg, causing him to lose liters of blood

Dr. Ramadan Shatwan, who performed an autopsy on Mr. Kraus performed, said the victim’s face was covered in blood, but no cuts were found on his face. He also told the inquest his lower limbs were covered in dried blood.

The cause of death was attributed to fatal cardiac arrhythmias associated with severe coronary atheroma and cardiomegaly, Dr. Shatwan.

Ms Guinan said when she arrived at her father’s home, she found her father in a pool of blood while paramedics performed CPR.

She told the inquest she followed the trail of blood to the Brahma chicken, which she said had blood on its claws.

The grieving daughter said she knew it was the perpetrator because it had previously “attacked my daughter”, according to The Irish Mirror.

She told the inquest she wanted to get rid of the chicken, but her father, who was a big animal lover, wanted to keep it.

“My father protested – he had too big a heart and didn’t want me to get rid of the rooster, so father took him instead,” the newspaper reported.

Mr. Kraus – father of two and grandfather of two – was suffering from other health issues at the time of his death. He was in remission from cancer and the coroner said his heart was “heavily calcified”.

He was outside visiting his dog’s grave when he was attacked.

Ms Guinan said the family knew her father’s heart was “bad”. She said she had to clean up his blood around the house after the attack and called for more support for families suffering similar tragedies.

She also used the recording as an opportunity to warn others about the dangers of keeping chickens – even breeds considered safe, such as the Brahma.

It is believed that Mr. Kraus is one of the few people in the world who dies this way.

“People should be aware of the signs and dispose of any birds as soon as they show signs of aggression,” she told the inquiry, according to The Mirror.