Tourist pictured covered in blood after KOMODO DRAGON attack leaves him with ‘severe’ [tr]

UK Sun ^ | May 4, 2017 | Patrick Knox

[C19fan]

A TOURIST who refused to pay for a tour guide was mauled by a fearsome Komodo dragon.

Lon Lee Alle, 50, from Singapore, ventured alone into a secluded area to watch the wild beasts gorging on goats and pigs in West Manggarai, Indonesia.

[C19fan]

Hopefully he got pumped with antibiotics. Komodo dragon saliva is a petry dish of nasty pathogens.

[BlueStateRightist]

Darwin Award winner (needless to say)

[Red Badger]

To a Komodo Dragon, YOU are food...........................

[ClearCase_guy]

“Welcome ... to Jurassic Park!”

[Tax-chick]

That will teach him. They’re venomous, too.

[Red Badger]

He is said to have ignored warnings not to get too close to the prehistoric looking creatures and crept up on one to take pictures. But one of the Komodo dragons – believed to have been about 8ft long – clearly thought it was dinner time and pounced.

All Darwin Awards are posthumous...................

[BBB333]

He’s alive, as such he’s NOT an award winner.

[dforest]

Scary looking critter with a big mouf.

[Raymann]

Put some peroxide on it, he’ll be fine. :)

[who knows what evil?]

...gorging on goats and pigs...

A little 'long pig' on the menu, as well.

[oil_dude]

Honorable Mention?

[barbarianbabs]

tourist will become very sick or die from bacterial infection

[csvset]

Ah, a rare club membership. Sharon Stone's then husband , Phil Bronstein , has also been bitten by a komodo dragon.

Chronicle editor bitten at L.A. zoo / Komodo dragon attacks Bronstein

[E.Allen]

“All Darwin Awards are posthumous” Not necessarily, the Darwin Award only requires that the awardee can no longer pass on their genes. This may be due to death (the most common cause) but can also be due to disabling or removal of the associated equipment.

[csvset]

Now sit right back and hear a tale
A tale of a fateful trip
Too cheap to hire a guide
He wound up getting bit.

[Enterprise]

"Lon Lee Alle, 50, from Singapore, ventured alone into a secluded area to watch the wild beasts gorging on goats and pigs"

And as a bonus he watched as one gorged on tourist.

[Smittie]

They aren’t really venomous, but their mouths are so full of bacteria that the bite can lead to a deadly infection if not treated properly.

[albie]

“Officials said Lon had wandered around the island on his own because he wanted to save money instead of paying for a tour guide.”

...on the bright side, he now has an extra $20!

[Tax-chick]

In 2009, it was verified that Komodo dragons are venomous, as well as have toxic rot in their mouths.

[ichabod1]

I can barely even watch documentaries about them they are so scary/gruesome/gross.