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Topic: Man, 73, Kills Leopard with Hands
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The Outdoor Tripp
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posted June 24, 2005 09:19 AM
Kenyan grandfather, 73, kills leopard with hands
Wed Jun 22, 2005 09:16 AM ET
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.
© Reuters 2005. All Rights Reserved.
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Melvin
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posted June 25, 2005 07:03 PM
This is a hard one to believe!..From what i hear a leopard is a compact,powerfull animal..A man would have an almost impossible job handling the much smaller bobcat,if attacked..I have released big males from traps,they are strong little kittys!...I wonder how he got his hand down its throat?
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varmit hunter
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posted June 30, 2005 03:19 AM
El Toro Poo Poo. You ever try to pull the tongue out of any critter. You cant do it.
I use to hang out with two brothers. They were with out a doubt the meanest two man I have ever known. We were at the beach when a idiot called one of them a SOB. He broke is jaw with the first punch. Then spent the next twenty minutes trying to pull out his tongue out using copious amounts of sand to do it. Never got it to budge. The cops showed up, and the other brother took them on. They had to shoot him eight times to put him down. Told you they were tuff.
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