Man challenges lion to bullfight and survives

[Kellanved]

(Buenos Aires) Jan. 12, 2004 - A man who was attacked by a lion at a zoo in Buenos Aires has amazingly survived. Amateur video shows Lucas Tomas, 22, being attacked by the lion.

Tomas scaled a wall and jumped into the lions pit Sunday. He then began holding out his jacket as if it were a bullfighter's cape and challenging one of the two lions inside.

One of the lion's reacted by pouncing on the 22-year-old and knocking him to the ground, biting him repeatedly.
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According to hospital officials, Tomas says he was ordered by voices from God to go in and taunt the lions .

http://www.wistv.com/Global/story.asp?S=1597205

Well, maybe the message was meant for someone else?

[Rabrrrrrr]

1. Yeah, because God's all about doing practical jokes like that on people

:evilgrin:

Sad story. That boy have some serious mental problems; glad he wasn't killed.

If he had gone in on a lark then I wouldn't feel sorry, but this is a pretty serious mental condition if he thinks God is telling him to go taunt lions. What next - God tells him to go taunt a klan rally by wearing a Boy George t-shirt? God tells him to wake-up a sleeping bear? Pull the teeth out of a Great White?

[brainshrub]

2. Why can't God tell Pat Robertson do do something like that?

Heck, then even I would go to church every once in a while.

[fob]

3. voices from God to go in and taunt the lions

I think I would be like, "What?, I think you have the wrong number" and then turn to the guy/gal next to me and say, god says I'm supposed to jump in there and taunt the lions, but I think he really is trying to reach you. Need a lift over the fence?

[geniph]

4. Reminds me of the guy who got mauled

by bears in a zoo a few years back. He said he went into the enclosure because the bears "were beckoning him in." Um, yeah - "here lunch, lunch, lunch."

Unfortunately, this one will survive and perhaps even procreate, so no Darwin Award for him.