A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.
"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists', lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions," the official said.
"A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery."
(Via Chapel Perilous.)
This is almost as funny as that kid who died from lead poisoning after gnawing his "WWJD?" bracelet.* What bothers me here isn't the element of human tragedy -- there is none -- but the possibility that zoo officials might have been compelled to "put down" the lioness to placate spectators.
*True.
2 comments:
w.m. -
What. You. Said.
Or to put it in Latin...
Post Hoc, ergo Propter Hoc.
Indeed...BALLSY!!
Kyle
UFOReflections.blogspot.com
Maybe the guy was actually an atheist with the courage of his convictions.
Or maybe he was just a dumbass. I know, I know. I'm being cynical.
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