News: God Fails Darwin Award Nominee in Lions Den

Hungry Lion

From YahooNews: 

Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God

KIEV (Reuters) - A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal’s enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.

“The man shouted ‘God will save me, if he exists’, lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions,” the official said.

“A lioness went straight for him, knocked him down and severed his carotid artery.”

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  1. Leonard — On 6-6-2006 at 1:34 pm

    Well, that wasn’t very smart now was it?

  2. Kevin — On 6-15-2006 at 4:54 am

    He must’nt have read the bit about not testing God.

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