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==Aftermath== Mudede wrote that at the time of the incident the residents of Enumclaw were shocked and angered by the event. In 2015, ten years after the incident, Mudede wrote that Enumclaw residents were unwilling to acknowledge it.<ref name=Mudededoesntwanttotalk/> ==="2 Guys 1 Horse"=== After Pinyan's death, a video circulated on the internet of Kenneth Pinyan engaging in receptive anal intercourse with a horse. The video was nicknamed "Mr. Hands" or "2 Guys 1 Horse". The video, intended originally to sexually gratify the viewer, became one of the first [[Wikipedia:Viral video|viral]] [[Wikipedia:reaction video|reaction video]]s. This video is featured in the documentary ''Zoo''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d_Z1qnWuIg0C&pg=PA516#v=onepage|title=Transformative Consumer Research for Personal and Collective Well-Being|first1=David Glen|last1=Mick|first2=Simone|last2=Pettigrew|first3=Cornelia (Connie)|last3=Pechmann|first4=Julie L.|last4=Ozanne|date=January 26, 2012|publisher=Routledge|accessdate=February 13, 2019|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref name="vice.com"/><ref>Lim, Dennis. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9500E2DD1330F932A35757C0A9619C8B63 FILM β A Lyrical Approach to a Subject That Shocks]. ''[[Wikipedia:The New York Times|The New York Times]]''. April 1, 2007. Retrieved on October 13, 2010. "The sex in ''Zoo'' is merely glimpsed and barely discernible in a few seconds of a video that the police had confiscated and that was circulated on the Internet after Mr. Pinyan's death."</ref> On episode 68 of ''[[Wikipedia:The Joe Rogan Experience|The Joe Rogan Experience]]'', [[Wikipedia:Joe Rogan|Joe Rogan]] had [[Wikipedia:Iliza Shlesinger|Iliza Shlesinger]] react to Mr. Hands.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/11822882/highlight/138467|title=Iliza has to take off her sweater for 2 guys 1 horse|publisher=|accessdate=February 13, 2019|via=www.ustream.tv}}</ref> On episode 796 of the Joe Rogan Experience, Joe Rogan had [[Wikipedia:Josh Zepps|Josh Zepps]] react to Mr. Hands.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aYWcAaEPr4|title=Joe Rogan Shows Josh Zepps "Mr. Hands." (from Joe Rogan Experience #796)|first=|last=PowerfulJRE|date=May 16, 2016|publisher=|accessdate=13 February 2019|via=YouTube}}</ref> ===''Zoo''=== {{main|Zoo (2007 film)}} A documentary of the life and death of Pinyan, and the lives led by those who came to the farm near Enumclaw, debuted at the 2007 [[Wikipedia:Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Film Festival]] under the title ''Zoo''. It was one of 16 winners out of 856 candidates for the festival,<ref>{{Cite news| url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/new-movie-is-the-spawn-of-horse-sex/ | work=The Seattle Times | title=New movie is the spawn of horse sex | date=December 3, 2006 | first=Danny | last=Westneat}}</ref> and played at numerous regional festivals in the U.S. thereafter.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/mattdentler/archives/013464.html |title=Matt Dentler's Blog: Cannes Countdown: Directors' Fortnight Lineup Impresses |first=Matt |last=Dentler |publisher= |date=May 4, 2007 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929090146/http://blogs.indiewire.com/mattdentler/archives/013464.html |archivedate = September 29, 2007 |accessdate=October 28, 2010}}</ref> Following Sundance, it was also selected as one of the top five American films to be presented at the prestigious Directors Fortnight [[Module:Sidebar|sidebar]] at the 2007 [[Wikipedia:Cannes Film Festival|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 [[Module:Sidebar|sidebar]] at this year's Cannes Film Festival". [http://emanuellevy.com/comment/popuar-articles-zoo-inside-the-controversial-documentary-about-bestiality/ Zoo: Inside the Controversial Documentary about Bestiality]</ref><ref>Eugene Hernandez, "[https://www.indiewire.com/article/cannes_07_slate_set_for_49th_directors_fortnight_corbijns_control_opening_s '07: Slate Set for 49th Directors' Fortnight]", IndieWIRE, May 3, 2007.</ref> ===James Michael Tait and later events of 2009β2010 === Some time after the events in Washington, James Michael Tait moved to [[Wikipedia:Maury County, Tennessee|Maury County, Tennessee]], onto a farm owned by a man named Kenny Thomason housing horses, pigs, goats and dogs. On October 13, 2009, a woman associated with them, Christy D. Morris, was arrested and charged with three counts of animal cruelty.<ref name=WKRNaccused/> Two days later, an anonymous person e-mailed investigators a photo of a man having sex with a Shetland pony from Thomason's farm; Tait and Thomason were arrested that same day. Tait was charged with three counts of felony animal cruelty, while Thomason was charged with two. According to Tait's arrest warrant, he had been engaging in sex acts with a stud horse over a span of several months. Tait and Thomason admitted to engaging in sex acts with a horse.<ref name=WKRNaccused>{{cite news | url=https://www.wkrn.com/2009/10/19/3-accused-of-having-sex-with-animals-in-maury-co | archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160605121119/https://www.wkrn.com/2009/10/19/3-accused-of-having-sex-with-animals-in-maury-co | archivedate=2016-06-05 | title=3 accused of having sex with animals in Maury Co |website=[[Wikipedia:WKRN|WKRN]] | date=October 19, 2009 | accessdate=May 11, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/man-in-infamous-enumclaw-horse-sex-case-faces-new-charges-in-tennessee/|title=Man in infamous Enumclaw horse-sex case faces new charges in Tennessee |newspaper=[[Wikipedia:The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times]]|date=October 20, 2009|accessdate=June 11, 2017}} "James Tait, 58, was arrested and charged Thursday with three counts of felony animal cruelty in Maury County, Tenn."</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lite-news.com/us-man-filmed-friends-having-sex-with-horses/|title=US Farmer in horse-sex arrest|publisher=|accessdate=February 13, 2019}}</ref> In January 2010, Tait pleaded guilty in a Tennessee court to engaging in sexual acts with animals, and was placed on probation.<ref>{{cite news | last=Sullivan | first=Jennifer | url=http://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/felon-accused-of-running-animal-sex-farm-in-whatcom-county/ | title=Felon accused of running animal-sex farm in Whatcom County | work=[[Wikipedia:The Seattle Times|The Seattle Times]] | date=April 16, 2010 | accessdate=May 11, 2016}} "Tait, 58, pleaded guilty in January in Tennessee to engaging in sexual activity with animals and was released on probation."</ref> ===Section 16.52.205 of the Revised Code of Washington === After Pinyan died,<ref name="thestranger"/> [[Wikipedia:Pam Roach|Pam Roach]], a member of the [[Wikipedia:Washington State Senate|Washington State Senate]] and a Republican from [[Wikipedia:Auburn, Washington|Auburn]], crafted a bill to ban bestiality in Washington State.<ref name="WhattodoMesser"/> Senate Bill 6417, which made bestiality a Class C felony, passed on February 11, 2006, with 36 state senators voting in favor. The vote record was "passed; yeas, 36; nays, 0; absent, 0; excused, 13", meaning that 13 of 49 total senators refrained from going on record about the matter. Mudede wrote "It was an almost comically easy law to pass."<ref name="thestranger"/> Bestiality had no political support in the state, and no group in the state advocated for bestiality.<ref name="thestranger"/> The law is [http://apps.leg.wa.gov/rcw/default.aspx?cite=16.52.205 RCW 16.52.205](3). Mudede wrote that reading RCW 16.52.205 "is very much like reading hardcore porn."<ref name="thestranger"/> In addition, the law prohibits "videotap[ing] a person engaged in a sexual act or sexual contact with an animal" that is "either alive or dead". Because of the provision against videotaping, Mudede stated that the law "points an angry finger directly at James Tait."<ref name="thestranger"/> In 2015, Mudede said that he was unaware of any bestiality arrests in Washington State since the Pinyan incident.<ref>Sokol, Zach. "[https://www.vice.com/read/ten-years-ago-mr-hands-got-fucked-to-death-by-a-horse-716 The Strange, Sad Story of the Man Named Mr. Hands Who Died from Having Sex with a Horse]" ([https://www.webcitation.org/6f7zktS4B?url=http://www.vice.com/read/ten-years-ago-mr-hands-got-fucked-to-death-by-a-horse-716 Archive]). ''[[Wikipedia:Vice (magazine)|Vice]]''. July 16, 2015. Retrieved on February 7, 2016.</ref> ===In popular culture === * The episode "Game Over" from ''[[Wikipedia:Broad City|Broad City]]'' third season contains a plotline where [[Wikipedia:Ilana Glazer|Ilana]] decides to share the Mr. Hands video on her company's Twitter, resulting in her getting fired. * [[Wikipedia:Chuck Palahniuk|Chuck Palahniuk]]'s collection of short stories, ''[[Wikipedia:Make Something Up|Make Something Up]]'', contains a story titled ''Red Sultan's Big Boy'', which follows the aftermath of an event extremely similar to the Mr. Hands incident.
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