Bronstein Incident

The Attack | The Aftermath

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The Attack

"Chronicle editor bitten at L.A. zoo: Komodo dragon attacks Bronstein" San Francisco Chronicle June 10, 2001 by Tyche Hendricks.

This article appeared in the full Sunday edition. As breaking news they produced "Editor Phil Bronstein attacked by Komodo dragon"

E! reports.

Web Archive: ET Online.

The Aftermath

Time: "Transcript: Sharon Stone vs. the Komodo Dragon" ("Mrs. Phil Bronstein talks about her husband's cage match with the reptile") by Jess Cagle, Jun. 23, 2001.

Faultline.org (California Enviromentalist magazine). Includes a somewhat humorous interview with the Komodo dragon.

"Bite Me!" by Rick Chandler for the humor-magazine Iron Minds. A Larry King "interview" with the Komodo dragon in queston.

"Larry King: Are you a celebrity now around the zoo?
Not really. Big shots get muscled around here all the time. Just last week a walrus molested Jim Hahn."

"Editor stable after attack by Komodo dragon: Surgeons reattach foot tendons of Chronicle's Bronstein in L.A." by Angelica Pence, San Francisco Chronicle June 11.

Letters to the editor, San Francisco Chronicle June 12.

"Whose bright idea was it to remove the white shoes from the white feet of a white man in the hopes of not confusing a near-sighted, simple-minded, ravenously hungry lizard (accustomed to a diet of white rats)?

"Celebrity visiting police reevaluated by zoo after attack" , San Francisco Chronicle June 12.

"Sharon Stone's editor-husband recovering from dragon attack" , San Francisco Chronicle June 12 (AP).

Web Archive: "No Laughing Matter? Bronstein Finds Himself Butt of Jokes When Zoo Lizard Attacks" by Judy Muller. Meta-analysis.

Post-Gazette: "Do rats know why Bronstein was bitten?" by Gene Collier.

The Pittsburgh Business Times wins the worst-pun award with "Infamous Komodo incident not 'dragon' down local event" (Komodo Dragon Day in Pittsburgh), by Patty Tascarella.