Strange Death: Misguided Faith and Atheist Lion

By Alex in Animals & Pets, Religion on Sep 27, 2007 at 5:05 pm

Following up on Miss C’s recent post of strange deaths, here’s one suggested by Alistair Strachan of Fortean Times, the case of a misplaced faith and atheist lion!

A man shouting "God will save me if he exists", lowered himself by a rope into the big cats’ enclosure in Kiev zoo, Ukraine, on Sunday, 4 June, when the zoo was packed with visitors. He then took his shoes off and went up to the lions. A lioness knocked him down and severed his carotid artery, killing him instantly.

For more strange deaths, see Fortean Times’ collection, Strange Days: Strange Deaths – Thanks Alistair!

And of course, check out Neatorama’s own 30 Strangest Deaths in History

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Ali S.
Sep 27th, 2007 at 5:33 pm
Ouch. Can’t be a good sign if that happened.
Jeff
Sep 27th, 2007 at 9:16 pm
Almost exactly the same thing happened in Taipei a couple of years ago. I think that guy was trying to convert the lions, if I remember the story.
jonn
Sep 27th, 2007 at 9:28 pm
Seems like he would have died from blood loss, NOT instantly. It’s like when they say you break your neck and you die instantly – not true! You’re “alive” (at least your brain is) for a little while after…

Something to think about…

But I guess he got his answer!
artbot
Sep 27th, 2007 at 10:14 pm
Hey, whatever happened to Terry Colon anyway? I loved his art on suck.com.
cath
Sep 28th, 2007 at 12:45 am
not a good sign for him but a good meal for the lions..
Johnald_Chaffinch
Sep 28th, 2007 at 4:41 am
perhaps his question was too ambiguous. maybe God was saving him, for the lions!
(of course this wouldnt actually have been what happened at all, because ‘God’ doesnt exist)
L.C.
Sep 28th, 2007 at 7:22 am
Man if that would only happen to all stupid people…they need to get out of the gene pool anyways…
Monster
Sep 28th, 2007 at 10:08 am
Matthew 4:7 “Jesus said unto him, It is written again, Thou shalt not tempt the Lord thy God.”

I don’t think this idiot believed in God, or he wouldn’t have added “…if He exists”.
Sid Morrison
Sep 28th, 2007 at 10:16 am
Monster beat me to it. I had the exact same scripture reference in mind. Sounds like the dude should have done a little homework.
tom b
Sep 28th, 2007 at 4:51 pm
Lion’s vs Christians….it’s so— Roman Empire.
DaveySocal
Sep 29th, 2007 at 10:27 am
Artbot, I was thinking the exact thing. Terry Colon rocks! I used to read Filler every Wednesday. You can still find all the old posts:

suck.com

In fact, this would make a good front page neatorama post for all the youngsters that have never seen it.
Sammy
Jul 20th, 2008 at 11:35 am
Why did he take his shoes off? Was that really going to save him?

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