KUNG FU LION -- Unconfirmed Darwin Award

1980s, Australia

A rather impressionable student of kung fu listened

with rapt attention when his instructor dramatically informed the class,

"Now that you have reached this level in your training, you can kill

wild animals with your bare hands!"

The martial arts trainee took the statement as gospel, and headed to

the Melbourne zoo to test his mettle with the wildest animal of all:

the lion. In the dead of night, he slipped into the zoo, leapt into the

lion enclosure, and challenged a suitable king of the jungle in combat.

He would probably have lost a one-on-one fight, but he never got to try.

His naive fight plan didn't account for the enthusiasm of the lion's pride

for a tender intruder; nor did it give sufficient weight to the possibility

that his instructor didn't konw what the hell he was talking about.

Zoo employees found his remains -- two arms and hands -- the following

morning, with shreds of red fur grasped tightly in his fingers.

:stupid: :stupid:

Yes, Carl,

I very vaguely remember something about that.

An American tourist wasn't he?????.

:love: :love:

Rick.

Originally posted by 1 Bravo 6

An American tourist wasn't he?????.

Not anymore! Now he's "lunch"

:stupid: :stupid: :stupid:

Seriously Carl,

A bloke with those abilities and stupid enough to do what he did would have been too bloody dangerous to be allowed out in public.

Rick.

Yeah vaguely I remember this. I though it was a tiger enclosure he went into, and closer to 1990 than 1980.