Tongue-twisting tough old b@stard

BlueSkyJaunte · 06-23-2005, 10:22 AM

http://today.reuters.co.uk/News/newsArticle.aspx?type=oddlyEnoughNews&storyID=2005-06-22T130950Z_01_SPI247359_RTRIDST_0_OUKOE-ODD-KENYA-LEOPARD.XML

NAIROBI (Reuters) - A 73-year-old Kenyan grandfather reached into the mouth of an attacking leopard and tore out its tongue to kill it, authorities said on Wednesday.

Peasant farmer Daniel M'Mburugu was tending to his potato and bean crops in a rural area near Mount Kenya when the leopard charged out of the long grass and leapt on him.

M'Mburugu had a machete in one hand but dropped that to thrust his fist down the leopard's mouth. He gradually managed to pull out the animal's tongue, leaving it in its death-throes.

"It let out a blood-curdling snarl that made the birds stop chirping," he told the daily Standard newspaper of how the leopard came at him and knocked him over.

The leopard sank its teeth into the farmer's wrist and mauled him with its claws. "A voice, which must have come from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand in its wide open mouth. I obeyed," M'Mburugu said.

As the leopard was dying, a neighbour heard the screams and arrived to finish it off with a machete.

M'Mburugu was toasted as a hero in his village Kihato after the incident earlier this month. He was also given free hospital treatment by astonished local authorities.

"This guy is very lucky to be alive," Kenya Wildlife Service official Connie Maina told Reuters, confirming details of the incident.

targa911S · 06-23-2005, 10:58 AM

Poor Leopard.

widebody911 · widebody911's Garage

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Originally posted by BlueSkyJaunte
M'Mburugu was toasted as a hero in his village Kihato after the incident earlier this month.

They still practice canniballism?

Jeff Higgins · 06-23-2005, 11:13 AM

I'm impressed.

tabs · 06-23-2005, 11:19 AM

Leopards just aren't as tough as they used to be....or as they think they are....

dtw · 06-23-2005, 11:23 AM

I hear PETA's Nairobi attorneys are already drawing up the suit against this guy.

Hugh R · 06-23-2005, 11:36 AM

Do you remember the one a few years ago (Florida?) where a boy got his arm bit off my a shark, his uncle goes after the shark, catches it drags it onto the beach, cuts it open and retrieves the arm, which they were able to reattach. That's some uncle.

Oh Haha · 06-23-2005, 12:23 PM

Poor kitty.;(

BlueSkyJaunte · 06-23-2005, 12:29 PM

I like cats too, but not ones that are trying to eat me.

targa911S · 06-23-2005, 12:36 PM

what a way to go...have your tongue ripped out then hacked with a machete. Oh ..doesn't that happen in Africa every day?

kach22i · kach22i's Garage

I wonder if this would work in a dog attack too?

}{arlequin · }{arlequin's Garage

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Originally posted by kach22i
I wonder if this would work in a dog attack too?

precisely... if you have a doberman etc. lunging/snapping at you, or even already going for your hand, just jam your fist further in, gagging him in the process... sort of a preemptive manouver of giving more (too much) of what they think they want- your hand in their mouth

works every time, you may only have a short moment, but you'll feel him open wider and pull back some, that would be a good time to either turn the tables on him or just pull your arm clear

juanbenae · juanbenae's Garage

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[i]Peasant farmer Daniel M'Mburugu was tending to his potato and bean crops [/B]

whenever i eat leopard i gotta have some beans and potatos on the side. i mean what's a leopard steak w/o them? wtf, even the peasants in africa get bean & taters with their leopard.

Par911 · 06-23-2005, 04:48 PM

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Originally posted by }{arlequin
precisely... if you have a doberman etc. lunging/snapping at you, or even already going for your hand, just jam your fist further in, gagging him in the process... sort of a preemptive manouver of giving more (too much) of what they think they want- your hand in their mouth

works every time, you may only have a short moment, but you'll feel him open wider and pull back some, that would be a good time to either turn the tables on him or just pull your arm clear

Sure Dave, why don't you try it on my pitbull and see how it works every time! Uh, in attack mode I'm sure she'll willingly allow you to reach down her throat without locking on your radius and ulna!

Here you go Dave, let's imagine this little fella has your green gucci loafers, describe your method of retrieval again:

BlueSkyJaunte · 05:55 PM

Method of retrieval:

Open WIDE!

Drago · Drago's Garage

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Originally posted by }{arlequin
works every time, you may only have a short moment, but you'll feel him open wider and pull back some, that would be a good time to either turn the tables on him or just pull your arm clear

Eff that, it's time for the reach around!

Oh Haha · 06-23-2005, 06:27 PM

Hey Harry,
Is that"the most powerful handgun inthe world"?
Very impressive, Sir.

gavinlit · 06-23-2005, 07:28 PM

I've heard the date poke is extremely effective on pitbulls. Not sure about cats. Can't believe pulling out a tongue would work. Maybe there is a god

Jared at Pelican Parts · 06-23-2005, 08:34 PM

Chubbs: Back in 1965, Sports Illustrated said I was going to be the next Arnold Palmer.

Happy Gilmore: Yeah? What happened?

Chubbs: They wouldn't let me play on the Pro Tour anymore.

Happy Gilmore: Ah, I'm sorry. Because you're black?

Chubbs: Hell no! Damned alligator BIT my hand off!

[Shows Happy his wooden hand]

Happy Gilmore: OH MY GOD!

Chubbs: Yeah. tournament down in Florida. I hooked my ball in the rough down by the lake. Damned alligator just POPPED up, cut me down on my prime. He got me, but I tore one of the bastard's eyes out though. Look at that.
[Shows Happy a small glass jar with an eyeball in it]

Happy Gilmore: You're pretty sick, Chubbs.

Jeff Higgins · 06-24-2005, 06:17 AM

I have quite a collection of old African hunting lore on my bookshelf. In one of the stories related by a professional hunter, he was summoned by the local warden to hunt down a man-eating leopard. When he met the father of its last victim, he was meeting a man that had lost all seven of his sons over the years to various critters. This young boy was his last one; his last shot both figuratively and literally. Anyway, when he finally baited and killed the leopard, the old man walked silently up to it and without saying a word or changing expression, he cut its balls off. Kind of a final "***** you, arsehole". I couldn't imagine life in a place where these kinds of things are a real, day to day, part of life.