Enumclaw horse sex case

2007-09-26T03:41:15Z

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'''Taylor Murray''' ([[June 22]], [[1960]] - [[July 2]], [[2005]]) was a [[Gig Harbor]]<ref>http://www.courierherald.com/articles/2006/07/12/news/news2.txt</ref>, [[Washington (U.S. state)|Washington]] (a [[suburb]] of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]]) resident who engaged in [[sexual activity]] with full-size [[stallion (horse)|stallion]]s at a farm near the city of [[Enumclaw, Washington|Enumclaw]], some of which he videotaped and distributed informally under the name '''Mr. Hands'''.

Murray's death at the age of 45 from accidental internal injury (perforated colon), in [[July 2005]], received during a sex act being videotaped by a friend of his, was one of the most read stories in ''[[The Seattle Times]]'' for that year,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002711400_danny30.html|accessdate=2006-05-15|title=Horse sex story was online hit|publisher=The Seattle Times|date=December 30, 2005}}</ref> and prompted the passing of a bill in Washington State prohibiting both [[bestiality|sex with animals]], and the videotaping of the same, some months later.

A documentary of the life and death of Murray, and the life led by those who came to the farm near Enumclaw as he did, debuted at the [[Sundance Film Festival]] 2007 under the title ''[[Zoo (movie)|Zoo]]''. It was one of 16 winners out of 856 candidates for the festival,<ref>http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003459228_danny03.html</ref> and played at numerous regional festivals in the USA thereafter.<ref>http://blogs.indiewire.com/mattdentler/archives/013464.html</ref> Following Sundance, it was also selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the "prestigious" Directors Fortnight sidebar at the 2007 [[Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>"''Zoo'', which opens today in NY and LA, has just been selected as one of the features of the prestigious Directors Fortnight sidebar at this year's Cannes Film Festival". [http://emanuellevy.com/article.php?articleID=5686 Zoo: Inside the Controversial Documentary about Bestiality]</ref><ref>Eugene Hernandez, "[http://www.indiewire.com/ots/2007/05/cannes_07_slate.html CANNES '07: Slate Set for 49th Directors' Fortnight]", IndieWIRE, [[May 3]], [[2007]].</ref>

The media outlets that reported the story withheld Murray's name. His name was revealed on national radio by talk show host [[Tom Leykis]] in the summer of 2005.{{Fact|date=April 2007}}

== Death ==
Prosecutors later determined that the horse, an [[Arabian horse|Arabian stallion]] named "Bullseye" [http://www.film.com/festivals/story/thefamousenumclawhorsesexincident/14410242] which had apparently regularly engaged in penetrative sex acts of this kind, had not been injured by being allowed to engage in sex in this manner. The photographer, 54-year old James Michael Tait of Enumclaw,<ref>{{cite news|author=Rick Anderson|url=http://www.seattleweekly.com/2005-11-09/news/closing-the-barn-door.php|title=Closing the Barn Door|publisher=Seattle Weekly|date=[[November 9]], [[2005]]}}</ref> was later charged with [[trespass]]ing, since this act took place on a third party's property. A third man alleged to have been present was not charged as his identity was not proven by evidence. According to the Medical Examiner's Office, Murray "died of acute [[peritonitis]] due to perforation of the [[Colon (anatomy)|colon]]",<ref name="seattle1">{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002384648_farm16m.html|accessdate=2006-04-30|title=Videotapes show bestiality, Enumclaw police say|publisher=The Seattle Times|date=[[July 15]], [[2005]]}}</ref> and the death was ruled "accidental".<ref name="seattle2">{{cite news|url=http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002382718_horse15m.html|accessdate=2006-04-30|title=Enumclaw-area animal-sex case investigated|publisher=The Seattle Times|date=[[July 15]], [[2005]]}}</ref> A further source states that the stallion was owned by Murray, who merely boarded it at the property concerned.<ref name="gagreport">{{cite news|url=http://www.gagreport.com/bizarrenews_8-19-05_horse_sex_death.htm|accessdate=2006-04-30|title=Enumclaw man dies after sex with a horse|publisher=The Gag Report|date=August 20, 2005}}</ref>

Other factors surrounding the death were apparently that the deceased, concerned about appearing in hospital with an unusual internal injury and the effect on his [[security clearance]] as an engineer for aerospace company [[Boeing]], had apparently refused his friends' urging to go to the hospital for several hours after being aware he was internally injured, and was either beyond treatment, or dead, when he finally reached the [[Emergency room|ER]].{{Fact|date=February 2007}} According to anonymous sources on forums where such material was distributed, he was considered very experienced at receiving anal sex from stallions.{{Fact|date=September 2007}}

Reports suggest that despite seizing and examining carefully a large number of such videos from the property, no evidence of abuse was found.

After Murray died, prosecutors realized there was no obvious way to punish his associates, since bestiality was not illegal in Washington state. Says ''[[The Stranger]]'': "The prosecutor's office wanted to charge [a friend of Murray] with animal abuse, but the police found no evidence of abused animals on the many videotapes they collected from his home. As there was no law against humanely [having sex with] one horse, the prosecutors could only charge [him] with trespassing."<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=30811|accessdate=2006-04-30|title=The Animal In You|publisher=The Stranger|date=February-March 2006}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of unusual deaths]]
* [[Zoophilia]]
* [[Anal sex]]
* [[List of horse accidents]]
* [[Zoo (film)|''Zoo'']], a documentary about his lifestyle and his death

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.editorandpublisher.com/eandp/news/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000981095 ...What's a Reporter to Do?], ''[[Editor & Publisher]]'', [[July 18]] [[2005]] - Subscription required
*[http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2002569751_horsesex19m.html Trespassing charged in horse-sex case], ''[[The Seattle Times]]'', [[October 19]] [[2005]]
*[http://profiles.yahoo.com/mrhands60?warn=1 Kenneth Pinyan's Yahoo profile] (contains nudity)
*[http://www.boeing.com/news/frontiers/archive/2005/september/i_im.html Boeing condolences archive, September 2005]

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