# Lion Loose in Eastern England **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 27, 2012, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790 "2012-08-27T05:22:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/21 "2012-08-27T21:09:07Z")
So, a Lion rampant? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/22 "2012-08-27T21:38:01Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > There was a tiger running loose near San Francisco a few years ago. It was only loose _inside the zoo_. Still not good for the guy it ate, but it’s not like it was terrorizing the city. ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2012, 9:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/23 "2012-08-27T21:41:44Z")
Hmm…and since Prince Harry left Las Vegas, they have not been able to find the MGM Grand lion. Coincidence? ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/24 "2012-08-28T02:50:59Z")
this is what comes of living in a place where the largest remaining predators are foxes. here in the US I’ve seen bears and alligators and rattlesnakes and cooperheads in the wild, and no one was told to stay at home. Some even chased after one of the alligators I saw on a bike ride on Jekyll Island once. They were idiots, of course and probably SHOULD have stayed home. But then, the idiots never do stay home … ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/25 "2012-08-28T03:02:34Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > this is what comes of living in a place where the largest remaining predators are foxes. here in the US I’ve seen bears and alligators and rattlesnakes and cooperheads in the wild, and no one was told to stay at home. Some even chased after one of the alligators I saw on a bike ride on Jekyll Island once. They were idiots, of course and probably SHOULD have stayed home. But then, the idiots never do stay home … Brave, brave Americans. We are in awe. ---
**Author:** ![Lord\_Feldon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lord_feldon/32/341_2.png) [@Lord\_Feldon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lord_Feldon)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/26 "2012-08-28T03:40:05Z")
> [@levdrakon](#): > > I thought big cat sightings weren’t that uncommon in some areas. Exotic pets gone feral or something? Big cat _sightings_ are very common, especially when the idea gets put in peoples’ heads, but they’re often normal cats or dogs or deer or coyotes or raccoons. ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 10:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/27 "2012-08-28T10:17:03Z")
> [@Lord\_Feldon](#): > > Big cat _sightings_ are very common, especially when the idea gets put in peoples’ heads, but they’re often normal cats or dogs or deer or coyotes or raccoons. I saw a really really big dog when I was a kid, and thought it was a bear. In my defence it was a dark brown dog, no idea what breed it would have been, but even now when I think back I don’t feel like an idiot for getting the fright of my life and running away… ---
**Author:** ![Evil\_Captor](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f17d59/32.png) [@Evil\_Captor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evil_Captor)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/28 "2012-08-28T12:47:33Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > Brave, brave Americans. We are in awe. As you should be! Did I mention I got bit by a chameleon lizard once? ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 3:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/29 "2012-08-28T15:50:00Z")
Follow. But. Follow only if ye be men of valour, for the entrance to this cave is guarded by a creature so foul, so cruel that no man yet has fought with it and lived. Bones of full fifty men lie strewn about its lair. So, brave knights, if you do doubt your courage or your strength, come no further, for death awaits you all with nasty, big, pointy teeth. ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/30 "2012-08-28T16:18:07Z")
> [@Siam\_Sam](#): > > Looks like a false alarm. Update [here](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-19391572). Yeah, but the Daily Mail is now claiming there are two lions. In the woods. ---
**Author:** ![blondebear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blondebear/32/1022_2.png) [@blondebear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/blondebear)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/31 "2012-08-28T16:31:57Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > I saw a really really big dog when I was a kid, and thought it was a bear. My friend and I were once startled by a bear that turned out to be a cow. When we go hiking now, we’re always on the lookout for cowbears. ---
**Author:** ![lost4life](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c4cdca/32.png) [@lost4life](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lost4life)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 5:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/32 "2012-08-28T17:24:36Z")
We were mountain biking on Grand Island, MI, and had heard there were bears on the island. It’s not too large so we were keeping an eye out, when all of the sudden we saw 2 of them in front of us on the trail. We stopped and as we were figuring out what to do, the 2 poodles turned and ran toward us… ---
**Author:** ![Corcaigh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eb8c5e/32.png) [@Corcaigh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Corcaigh)\ **Post date:** [August 28, 2012, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/33 "2012-08-28T21:49:18Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > My friend and I were once startled by a bear that turned out to be a cow. When we go hiking now, we’re always on the lookout for cowbears. Oh yeah, them cowbears are deadly vicious things! You want to carry a copy of The Guardian with you to fend them off! ---
**Author:** ![notfrommensa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/f14d63/32.png) [@notfrommensa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/notfrommensa)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/34 "2012-08-29T01:28:46Z")
Wim-o-weh The Lion Sleeps Tonight. ---
**Author:** ![AaronX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7bcc69/32.png) [@AaronX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AaronX)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/35 "2012-08-29T02:47:11Z")
Well, tighten it already. Can’t have loose lions lyin around. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/36 "2012-08-29T03:21:34Z")
Here in California, we have the Geico Gecko. See the little lizard everywhere I look. ---
**Author:** ![Enkel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/df705f/32.png) [@Enkel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enkel)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/37 "2012-08-29T03:35:53Z")
> [@Corcaigh](#): > > Oh yeah, them cowbears are deadly vicious things! You want to carry a copy of The Guardian with you to fend them off! Statistically, you’re more likely to be killed by a cow than a bear. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alka\_Seltzer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c89c15/32.png) [@Alka\_Seltzer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alka_Seltzer)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 8:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/38 "2012-08-29T08:15:26Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > Statistically, you’re more likely to be killed by a cow than a bear. 🙂 And more likely to eat one too. ---
**Author:** ![Xema](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/9de053/32.png) [@Xema](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Xema)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/39 "2012-08-29T14:27:31Z")
> [@Evil\_Captor](#): > > Some even chased after one of the alligators I saw on a bike ride on Jekyll Island once. They were idiots, of course and probably SHOULD have stayed home. But then, the idiots never do stay home … For which alligators are grateful. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 29, 2012, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790/40 "2012-08-29T14:48:56Z")
> [@Enkel](#): > > Statistically, you’re more likely to be killed by a cow than a bear. 🙂 > [@Alka\_Seltzer](#): > > And more likely to eat one too. Unless you’re in China. 😉 [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lion-loose-in-eastern-england/632790.md?page=3)