# WTF - someone got into a lion's cage? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [January 13, 2004, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297 "2004-01-13T20:17:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297/21 "2004-01-14T04:32:37Z")
> [@lieu](#): > > _holding coat to side…_ > > Oye! > > Oye! It´s “Ole” :rolleyes: Cancell your trip to Pamplona, matey; the bulls will tear you appart. 😛 As for the looney in question, I saw the video, it was interesting, the lion actually was playing with the guy, if it had intended to kill him he would had been stone dead on 10 seconds. ---
**Author:** ![Computer\_Guru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ed655f/32.png) [@Computer\_Guru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Computer_Guru)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 5:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297/22 "2004-01-14T05:15:01Z")
> [@Computer Guru](#): > > Maybe he just wanted to kill himself. Might have been severely depressed. Don’t know. Now, the guy video taping it, what was his problem? I guess this guy is just an idiot. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Blonde](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/3be4f8/32.png) [@Blonde](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blonde)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 5:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297/23 "2004-01-14T05:29:37Z")
> [@Computer Guru](#): > > I guess this guy is just an idiot. ☹ Or…maybe (entering the Twilight Zone) he’s not. How many of us could have the balls to CHOOSE to look a lion in the face at that close range? Beautiful cat. Probably some mighty bad breath, too! My theory is that the lion knew he was unstable, and thus spared his life. Or, it was right after feeding time. No matter. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297/24 "2004-01-14T19:07:38Z")
Maybe in his hallucinations, he saw dots on the lion and was trying to write his name on him! Y’know, sign on the dotted… Meh, I got nothing. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297/25 "2004-01-14T19:34:49Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > It´s “Ole” :rolleyes: Cancell your trip to Pamplona, matey; the bulls will tear you appart. > > 😛 Perhaps he’s Jewish… ---
**Author:** ![heresiarch](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/278dde/32.png) [@heresiarch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/heresiarch)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297/26 "2004-01-14T19:45:47Z")
> [@Blonde](#): > > Beautiful cat. Probably some mighty bad breath, too My lion’s breath smells like lion food! ---
**Author:** ![Nawth\_Chucka](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/c57346/32.png) [@Nawth\_Chucka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nawth_Chucka)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297/27 "2004-01-14T19:49:44Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > Perhaps he’s Jewish… How would the guy know the lion was Jewish? Hey, maybe that’s why he didn’t eat the guy - meat’s not kosher if killed by another animal… :smack: Oh, and Chefguy, your sig is a real whoop - a great zeugma! ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 11:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297/28 "2004-01-14T23:26:33Z")
What the…? You know what’s really scary? He’ll probably look at this incident and be like, “Hey, I lived through it!” And then he’ll have to top it. Maybe go for a swim with the polar bears? ---
**Author:** ![World\_Eater](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f04885/32.png) [@World\_Eater](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/World_Eater)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2004, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297/29 "2004-01-14T23:33:21Z")
> [@imthjckaz](#): > > Or, maybe his dad just didn’t teach him the risks of being around lions. > > Hmmm. > > :dubious: Too bad his father didn’t hold him in one hand while he fed lions with the other. :rolleyes: [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wtf-someone-got-into-a-lions-cage/224297.md?page=1)