Author Topic: Lion Kills Man Who Went Into Kiev Zoo Cage (Read 2142 times)

Foxy Brown · « **on:** June 06, 2006, 03:06:49 AM »

A lion killed a man who climbed into its enclosure at the Kiev zoo, police said Monday.

The lion attacked the 45-year-old Ukrainian late Sunday after he used a rope to climb down into an enclosure with four lions, said police spokesman Volodymyr Polishchuk.

Ukrainian TV channel NTN broadcast interviews with witnesses who said the man told them that he believed God would not allow the lions to hurt him.

kuno_thunder · « **Reply #1 on:** June 06, 2006, 03:16:01 AM »

Isn't it a sin to put your God to the test?

Isn't it also stupid to climb into a Lion's den for no other reason?

aimaime · « **Reply #2 on:** June 06, 2006, 04:14:02 AM »

why would God make him an exception and tell the lions not eat food (him) that brought itself to them? i think i saw a vid of a chinese guy trying the same thing somewhere..

ctz · « **Reply #3 on:** June 06, 2006, 10:10:46 AM »

God doesn't approve stupidity.

Ayabie · « **Reply #4 on:** June 06, 2006, 10:36:52 AM »

They better not put the lion to death because of him.

StreakInTheSky · « **Reply #5 on:** June 06, 2006, 12:30:58 PM »

Quote from: Kuno_Thunder

Isn't it a sin to put your God to the test?

Isn't it also stupid to climb into a Lion's den for no other reason?

I don't think it was because he was testing god, more that he had that much faith in god he believed it. There's a story in the bible about someone who was stuck in a lion's den, which is probably what influenced him to do it.

frblckstr1 · « **Reply #6 on:** June 06, 2006, 12:49:25 PM »

So now the bible needs a warning sing?

'Don't try this at home!'

or

'Reading this might be dangerous to your health!'

aimaime · « **Reply #7 on:** June 06, 2006, 01:09:41 PM »

"the man, who was not identified, was acting aggressively and one of the lions seized him by the throat"

well he didn't just go in there. he provoked the poor hungry lions too..

~Dan~ · « **Reply #8 on:** June 06, 2006, 03:58:37 PM »

The same thing has happened a few times. There was an almost identical story in the news a couple of years ago, and they even had camcorder clips of the incident.

JFC · « **Reply #9 on:** June 06, 2006, 06:31:54 PM »

Quote from: frblckstr1

So now the bible needs a warning sign?

'Don't try this at home!'

or

'Religion might be dangerous to your health!'

Fixed.

vicmu · « **Reply #10 on:** June 07, 2006, 09:05:44 PM »

this reminds me of one of the stories i read in the Darwin Awards: a priest who slipped and died in a bathtub while attempting to walk on water

Masda_P · « **Reply #11 on:** June 11, 2006, 09:56:18 AM »

Why the lion kill him? Did he hurt it?
If I were him I'll stay away from that kind of animals.