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‘The camel put Navarone’s entire head in its mouth’: Priscilla Presley is still ‘traumatized’ after seeing a 2,000-pound CAMEL ‘pounce’ on her son Navarone Garcia at the Los Angeles animal sanctuary days BEFORE the death of his daughter Lisa Marie
Priscilla Presley watched as her son Navarone Garcia was nearly killed by an animal attack just days before the death of her daughter Lisa Marie Presley last month.
The 35-year-old musician said while visiting an animal sanctuary outside Los Angeles with his 77-year-old mother, a camel weighing 2,000 pounds. she ‘she lunged at him’ and ‘shoved his whole head into her mouth’.
Days later, his half-sister Lisa Marie – the only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley – died at the age of 54 on January 12 after suffering a cardiac arrest at their California home.
Them Guns leader said People that he was feeding the camel which he estimated weighed around 2,000 lbs. and had run out of food.
The animal, which had previously been mistreated in a circus, attacked him.
A traumatic moment: Priscilla Presley, 77, watched as her son Navarone Garcia, 35, was nearly killed by an animal attack just days before the death of her daughter Lisa Marie Presley last month; seen in 2015
Attacked by a camel: The musician said that while visiting an animal sanctuary outside Los Angeles with his mother, a camel weighing 2,000 lbs. ‘pounced on him’ and ‘put his whole head in his mouth’
“When I ran out of food, he bit my hand and almost picked me up,” she said.
“Then he threw me to the ground and pounced,” added the son of film producer Marco Garibaldi. “As she was lunging at me, she literally put my whole head in her mouth and bit me.”
Because the camel was so heavy, he said sanctuary workers were unable to free it from its clutches until a dog luckily saved it.
“The dog knew something was wrong and he was freaking out and going at his face,” he recalled. That’s what made the camel go.
Garcia said her mother, who was watching the attack take place, was “freaked out.”
“I was traumatized,” she said.
The sanctuary had called 911, but said he opted to drive about an hour back to Los Angeles to go to the hospital there.
“When we got to the ER, it was fun because everyone was sitting there with nothing looking too serious,” he said. Meanwhile, he had blood everywhere.
Camel: The animal – which had previously been abused in a circus – then attacked him (file image)
Saved by a dog: Because the camel was so heavy, he said sanctuary workers were unable to free it from its clutches until it was thankfully saved by a dog.
After the incident: “I mean, I was happy that I survived before, but now it’s like, thank God I survived,” Garcia said. ‘My mom would have lost two children in two weeks’; seen in 2012
His bandmate, Kyle Hamood, also recalled how shocked he was to hear the news and see footage of Garcia’s injuries.
“The photos he sent me didn’t look real,” he said. “I thought she was starring in a horror movie photo shoot or something.”
Garcia received 34 staples to the head, but said he’s doing better now.
“I heal fast,” he said.
“I mean, I was happy that I survived before, but now it’s like, thank God I survived,” Garcia said. “My mom would have lost two children in two weeks.”
Days later: His half-sister Lisa Marie – the only daughter of Elvis and Priscilla Presley – died at the age of 54 on January 12 after suffering a cardiac arrest at their California home.