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Ex-Marine fends off lion with chainsaw
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| Thurs., July 16, 2009
Posted on 07/17/2009 7:03:42 PM PDT by Joiseydude
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To: A.A. Cunningham
Carville was a Marine?
Add Jeremiah Wright to the revised list.
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:21:44 PM PDT
by
Semper Mark
(Third World trickle up poverty, will lead to cascading Third World tyranny.)
To: Joiseydude
Ex-Marine fends off lion with chainsaw Where the lion got that chainsaw nobody will ever know
42
posted on
07/17/2009 8:36:37 PM PDT
by
Oztrich Boy
(In Soviet Russia, Sarah Palin's house can see YOU)
To: Zhang Fei
Oh, I don’t know...I think a chainsaw is a fairly decent defensive weapon, especially in the hands of a US Marine...:)
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:37:58 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("The Road to Serfdom" by F.A.Hayek - Read it...today.)
To: Oztrich Boy
44
posted on
07/17/2009 8:39:09 PM PDT
by
null and void
(We are now in day 178 of our national holiday from reality.)
To: Zhang Fei
If he had encountered a lion, he wouldnt be talking to the press. LOL, I would bet on the man with the chain saw.
To: tflabo
“Surprising that the loud sound of a buzzing chain saw did not repel the Cat by itself.”
I have heard a female cougar calling to her offspring when a shooting match was being held within 100 yards. Once predators lose their gunpowder induced fear of man, bad things occur.
The Marine was lucky. Such cats often attack from behind.
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:48:10 PM PDT
by
GladesGuru
(In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principles,)
To: Joiseydude
Call me a cynic but I sure hope this story stands the test of time.
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posted on
07/17/2009 8:51:29 PM PDT
by
Cyman
To: rlmorel
What was the name of the tribe in Africa that required the boys to kill a lion with a stick before they could be called men.
Found it: The Masai are an extremely traditional, extremely conservative people that put a great premium on martial prowess," he said. "Typically, a young male achieves manhood by killing a warrior from another tribe during a cattle raid. Failing that, he'll kill a lion. That's how he proves himself worthy of taking wives."
To: org.whodat
I am CERTAINLY impressed by that!
49
posted on
07/17/2009 8:55:14 PM PDT
by
rlmorel
("The Road to Serfdom" by F.A.Hayek - Read it...today.)
To: Joiseydude
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:02:35 PM PDT
by
odin2008
(Everything in the universe is subject to change.)
To: rlmorel
Have you ever seen a bull fighter take down a bull with a single thrust of a sword. I have!! At that point the crowd goes crazy!!
To: Joiseydude
I bet Marines don’t run into lions with chain saws very often.
To: chesty_puller
In the old Corps - all we needed was the P38 Opener, Can, Hand, Folding, Type I can opener..
Remember?
That was probably the finest single piece of gear a Marine in the field could possess -- after his weapon.
It will be interesting to see how many old farts in the forum know what we're talking about...
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posted on
07/17/2009 9:50:39 PM PDT
by
river rat
(Semper Fi - You may turn the other cheek, but I prefer to look into my enemy's vacant dead eyes.)
To: Clintonfatigued; Slings and Arrows; Glenn; republicangel; Bahbah; Beaker; BADROTOFINGER; etabeta; ..
You had me at "chainsaw."
To: river rat
Or the slightly larger P51. ;)
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:15:44 PM PDT
by
exit82
(Sarah Palin is President No. 45. Get behind her, GOP, or get out of the way.)
To: Jeff Chandler
Was the chainsaw for skinning or tenderizing?
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:20:08 PM PDT
by
LouD
("against all enemies, foreign and domestic...")
To: LouD
57
posted on
07/17/2009 10:22:18 PM PDT
by
Jeff Chandler
(The University of Notre Dame's motto: "Kill our unborn children? YES WE CAN!")
To: Bernard Marx
A couple guys in Pocatello planned an overnight camp up in the Scout Mountain area. Along the trail, one of them decided to pee on a tree. That attracted a mountain lion. The cat began stalking them. There were armed, but didn't need to shoot the cat. It was a few miles back to their car. The cat was with them all the way. Suffice to say, when I hike in that area, I have a 44 mag just in case a kitty shows up.
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:22:32 PM PDT
by
Myrddin
To: stormer; Zhang Fei
It always bothers me when people use the shorthand. To paraphrase Crocodile Dundee, "That's not a lion - THIS is a lion." I found this bad boy about a mile from my camp near Halali, Namibia; probably about 400 lbs, and if he decided you were on the menu, well...Totally agree. I personally either use Cougar, Puma, or say the entire name 'mountain lion.' I've seen a cougar upclose, and while in Kenya seen a lion upclose, and there is no comparison between the two apart from they both look cat-ish. A cougar cannot even roar, and in terms of damage dealing capacity one can easily be lethal to (say) a jogging woman, while the other can take of any human's head clean off with one good swipe of its paw.
Also, this cougar was weird ...it telegraphed its actions (as in, he SAW it). A prowling cat after you will be a couple of feet away in terminal charge before you even realize something is up. This was probably a confused starving cat that thought it could make an opportunistic meal out of a Marine, which was quite dumb on the cat's side.
Accounts of man-eating lions in Africa, and particularly man-eating leopards in Africa and India, show how a true jungle-cat that wants human chow operates. The humans never know what hit them, and even when they know there is little they can do about it.
With that said, this Marine is amazing. Quick thinking, good improvisation, and a happy ending.
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posted on
07/17/2009 10:49:27 PM PDT
by
spetznaz
(Nuclear-tipped Ballistic Missiles: The Ultimate Phallic Symbol)
To: doc1019; jjw
Except for Murtha and deserters. They are ex-Marines. ick!
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posted on
07/17/2009 11:13:46 PM PDT
by
Shimmer1
(Navy blue)
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