UPDATE: Crow — it’s not just for breakfast anymore. We need to clear this myth up ASAP, and that’s because we started it! Sometimes, journalists check our facts with legitimate sources who don’t have them straight. Regrettably, this is one of those times. After publishing the story below, we were contacted by Mike Hartzell, ringmaster and director of entertainment at Circus Circus for 28 years. He informed us that the intel we ran with from Heidi Straus, daughter of Circus Circus founder Jay Sarno, was bad. “The Flying Elephant didn’t fly,” Hartzell said. “I worked there from the opening and, yes, it was advertised and, yes, a platform for the elephant to stand on was created. But doing a test, the poor baby was going nuts after being lifted off of the stage and it was feared the animal’s restlessness would damage the apparatus that telescoped above the animal’s platform. “For safety reasons, it was called off.” Once we verified… Read More
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Source: Casino.org
