Lion Wants Manwich For Lunch

Blindside · #1 ● 05-01-2018, 09:59 AM

British wildlife park owner is dragged away and attacked by a lion in front of screaming onlookers after he entered its enclosure in South Africa
Mike Hodge was mauled by a male lion in its enclosure for at least 90 seconds
Briton Mr Hodge is the owner of the Marakele Predator Park in South Africa
Mr Hodge, 67, who suffered neck injuries, was only saved after a shot was fired
The big cat is thought to have been put down in the wake of the grisly attack

The 67-year-old man mauled by a huge male lion in South Africa is the wildlife park's British owner, it has been revealed.

Mike Hodge was rushed to hospital with injuries to the neck and jaw following the shocking incident caught on film.

Pictures shows Mr Hodge smiling in his hospital bed despite his injuries, with a friend telling The Sun that he is recovering from the dramatic ordeal.

The video of the attack, filmed at the Marakele Predator Park in South Africa, shows Mr Hodge entering the lion's enclosure.

'Mike and one of his rangers were a little concerned about a smell in a compound that was upsetting one of the lions and had gone in through the gate to see what was causing it,' the friend told.

'He is no fool around lions and knows how to interact with them but clearly something went wrong'.

Witnesses watch in horror as the animal pursues him towards the metal door to the pen - at the park believed to be nine kilometers from Thabazimbi.

Onlookers scream as he is dragged back by the beast. The hulking animal claws at the man - who goes limp in its grip.

The lion drags the man farther into the enclosure, into some bushes and onlookers scream for help.

Their current site has over a dozen big cat, including white lions, cheetahs and two Bengal tigers.

Guests can stay in safari tents and each night they 'will be able to hear the lions roar, hyenas laugh, and jackals calling'.

Tents are furnished with double or single beds, and each one has an en-suite bathroom with a shower, the website reads.

Blindside · #2 ● 05-01-2018, 09:59 AM

nstonerider76 · #3 ● 05-01-2018, 08:37 PM

He should have known not to turn and run! You never turn and run when a lion charges, you raise your arms to look bigger and roar and growl back at them and charge them. It confuses the beast and he will stop. Well at least that’s how my uncle saved his ass once in Africa with a wild lion, not a safari park lion. I’ve seen the video a million times, and I swear this crazy fucking DAGO did just that and that lion and his females were perplexed looking at e@ch other,flickering their tails, and then turned away!

**kellyhound** · #4 ● 05-02-2018, 05:44 AM

Too bad the lion had to be killed.

txtrucker79 · #5 ● 05-02-2018, 11:20 AM

Anyone ever thought about jumping in a lion's den?

I don't understand why but holy fuck how can someone be stupid, maybe he was testing his faith smh

The only sad part is that beautiful cat will probably lose his life