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Picnic Lunch

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I don't think this made the media, and since there was no loss of life, it would have to be a personal account, or Honourable Mention, not a full award.

I live in Canada, about 45 Minutes away from a place called African Lion Safari. One of the most interesting features of the Safari is the opportunity to drive your car through the exhibits, allowing you to see monkeys (notorious for ripping off antenae, and having sex on your car), Elephants, and even lions. Now one day, a friend of mine who works there related this story to me:

It turns out an family had decided to spend a day at African Lion Safari. they had paid the fees, and entered, along with their picnic lunch. They drove their car through the safari, amazed by all the animals. Now, the planned highlight of the trip was to be a picnic, but not just any picnic. Despite the clearly posted warning to under no circumstances get out of your car, the family had decided to share a picnic lunch with the lions. Now, the thought that they might be on the menu, had never crossed these people's minds. They thought it would be quite interesting o see lions up close, and perhaps share a quite luncheon with them. So, when they drove through the fencing around the lion exhibit, instead of slowly cruising through, they got out of the car, and began to set up their picnic blanket, all the while looking for lions to share the fine meal with. As soon as employee's became aware of this they rushed to the scene to avoid the family becoming the menu. They arrive (mercifully) before the lions, and immediantly tried to hustle the family out, before the lions figured out that they had a lovely lunch awaiting. To the workers suprise, the family was quite mad at being rushed to the other side of the fence, the children even going so far as to cry. How could the mean worker's ruin their picnic with the lions like that? No amount of talking would convince them otherwise, and the workers just had to shake their heads, at the people's complete inability to understand the danger they had been in.

African Lion Safari's website is here: http://www.lionsafari.com/attractions.asp, but I don't think this made the news.

Submitted on 01/12/2008

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Bruce said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
I can only imagine how much this would have been in the press if the lions had found those loons before the park employees had. If you manage to find any mention of this in the news please do let us know!


James said:
Definitely Keep: Personal Account
The nerve of some people! My congratulations to your quick-thinking colleagues at the park! Of course, the surviving family of these bozos would have been SURE to sue the park had anything happened! Hopefully, the next time they wish to share an intimate moment with lions, they'll do so in darkest Africa where the laws of self-selection will surely expedite the inevitable (and without all the press and stupidity-coddling)! Thanks, Tauchiss!


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