African Lion Loose in West Virginia–An Update
October 30, 2007
I recently posted an article about a hunter in West Virginia claiming to have spotted a male African Lion while in the woods. A reader to The Adventurist has brought an update on this story to my attention. Thanks Dualio…
From The Charleston Daily Mail:
The 20 pounds of chicken left earlier in the week by exotic animal expert John Forga was entirely gone and scratch marks were found on trees that had been scented with cologne, but there was still no definitive evidence of the big cat’s existence.
A special camera set up in the area should provide a few more clues. The camera, specially designed to be triggered by motion using an invisible laser beam, will be checked by authorities in the coming day.
A special team of animal control officers, as well as members of the Environmental Protection Agency and Jim Shortridge, the man who first brought the supposed big cat to the public’s attention, will be heading to the camera site to see what has possibly been captured on film. If their findings do indeed indicate an African Lion on the loose in Greenbriar County, West Virginia–the authorities will then take measures to bait and trap the suspected animal using a bear trap. Upon capture, the lion will then be turned over to a zoo or shelter for such large animals.
I am not so sure that I would want to be out there searching for a lion in the woods of West Virginia–hopefully these guys can figure out what the heck it is then deal with it in a respectable manner–without injury to themselves or the endangered African Lion.
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Another unusual animal event in Western PA: Wild Deer Wrestles With Polar Bears After Jumping Into Zoo’s Exhibit
http://www.thepittsburghchannel.com/news/14553735/detail.html
First we have a Skunk Ape in Elk County, then a Lion loose in West Virginia, and now this. In all my years, I have never witnessed such an unusual sequence of animal events in such a short time. Are they connected? One cannot say, but one must ask, “why would a wild deer jump into a polar bear pool?”
Why indeed.
Disturbing actual real live taped footage of the suicidal deer’s pluge of doom:
http://www.wpxi.com/video/14554298/index.html
Lion menaces Ohio Traffic:
http://www.wpxi.com/video/14674503/index.html
NOT the same lion that ran amok in West Virginia.
Picture of 20 pounds (that’s more than 9 kilograms!) of chicken bait used in attempt to lure lion.
http://www.register-herald.com/local/images_sizedimage_296230613/resources_photoview
West Virginia citizens remain vigilent.
Pit bulls mauled by mystery creature in the Carolinas!!!!
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D8TG7S2G0&show_article=1
What, one must ask, lurks in the woods that can make mincemeat out of the vaunted pitbull??? Is nature finally running amok?
The recent tiger attack almost goes without saying, it is clear now that the animal was taunted. Still, one wonders why after all these years a tiger was finally able to scale the walls which held it captive.