Overview
- Video from Grizzy's Hood News shows a camel being led through seating during Champion Forest Baptist Church’s 'Christmas Spectacular' when it kicked a woman in an aisle seat.
- The church said it regrets the incident, engaged emergency services immediately, and stopped routing animals through audience seating for the remaining performances.
- Updates shared online report the woman was treated at a hospital and released, with the church saying it remains in contact with her family.
- The six-day production ran Dec. 9–14 and is billed as a 90‑minute, Broadway-style retelling of the nativity that has featured live animals and drew about 30,000 attendees last year.
- The episode renewed public debate over the safety and cost of megachurch holiday spectacles that incorporate large animals and elaborate staging.