Posted on 07/08/2013 8:40:37 PM PDT by DogByte6RER
Five men stuck in a tree surrounded by Sumatran tigers for four days
Five Indonesian men have been trapped in a tree for days after being chased into its branches by Sumatran tigers, who mauled a sixth man to death.
Four of the animals were still surrounding the base of the tree following their initial attack on Thursday, which they launched after the men accidentally killed a tiger cub.
Humans and animals are increasingly coming into conflict in Indonesia.
The men entered the Mount Leuser National Park in the north of Sumatra island on Tuesday searching for rare incense wood, district police chief Dicky Sondani said.
"The wood is very expensive ... but they run a risk looking for it as they have to go to more remote parts of Leuser where there are many tigers and elephants," he said.
The men set up traps for deers and antelopes for food – but accidentally trapped and killed a tiger cub
The adult tigers reacted by attacking the men. They killed a 28-year-old identified only as David, but the five others took refuge up a tree, Sondani said.
"Four tigers are still surrounding the men under the tree," he added.
Thirty rescuers including police and soldiers set out on Saturday to rescue the men after villagers who tried to help them turned back after seeing the tigers.
But the rescuers would take two to three days to reach the men, Sondani added.
"If the tigers remain under the tree, we may have to shoot or sedate them to rescue the five people," he added.
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I once read a very long time ago that tigers have a penchant for clothing. If the five men would only take their clothes off and throw them down to the tigers, the tigers would then become distracted, and then fight over the clothing and finally turn themselves into butter. (heh)
Never get out of the boat....
And three nights. Hey, sounds like a movie.
Similar occurrences have happened on other continents ..
And they would really like the shoes, I believe it was, with crimson soles and crimson linings. They could wear them on their ears.
In fact, my husband points out - it is BECAUSE they banned Little Black Sambo that the guys did not know what to do. Political Correctness strikes again.
Not entirely banned ... the original restaurant is still in Southern California:
Ping
Pinged an earlier story, thanks.
We had a Sambo’s until 1979.
Chef: “Mangoes? There is a F——— tiger in the woods....I could have been eaten alive! I’m never going into that jungle again. I gotta remember to never get out of the boat, never get outta the boat”.
Great minds;-{)
You might run into Raquel Welch.
Chef: “I’m not here, I’m walking through the jungle gathering mangos and I meet Raquel Welch. I can make mango cream pudding. You know, kind of spread it around on us...”
I love the smell of napalm in the morning. You know, one time we had a hill bombed, for 12 hours. When it was all over, I walked up. We didn't find one of 'em, not one stinkin' dink body. The smell, you know that gasoline smell, the whole hill. Smelled like .......victory. Someday this war's gonna end...
Charlie don't surf!
Didn’t they change their name to Denny’s and STILL had a suit over preferential treatment of white customers. Sambo was an Indian boy.
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