[lbo-talk] Lion kills Russian man who invoked God before jumping into cage

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Mon Jun 5 09:49:28 PDT 2006


[What's with the whole invoking-God-before-jumping-into-a-cage-of-lions thing, anyway? This has happened at least once before, though I don't think the previous one resulted in death. -B.]

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsarticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyid=2006-06-05T133715Z_01_L05642927_RTRUKOC_0_US-UKRAINE-LION.xml&src=rss

Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God

Mon Jun 5, 2006 9:37 AM ET

KIEV (Reuters) - 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."

The incident, Sunday evening when the zoo was packed with visitors, was the first of its kind at the attraction. Lions and tigers are kept in an "animal island" protected by thick concrete blocks.



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