There are always amazing stories of survival and new found friendships after natural disasters, and this is one of my favorite Hurricane Ike stories so far: sounds like Ike the Lion and his buddies not only survived the Ike flood waters by taking refuge in a church, but they had a pretty all right time of it as well. From AOL News:
The full-grown lion was from a local zoo, and the owner was trying to drive to safety with the animal when he saw cars and trucks stranded in the rising flood waters. He knew he and the lion were in trouble.
He headed for the church and was met by a group of residents who helped the lion wade inside, where they locked it in a sanctuary as the storm raged. The water crept up to their waists, and two-by-fours came floating through broken windows. But the lion was as calm as a kitten.
When daylight came, everyone was still alive.
. . . “They worked pretty well together, actually,” said the lion’s owner, Michael Ray Kujawa. “When you have to swim, the lion doesn’t care about eating nobody.“
I love the fact that the picture depicts a “post-party” scene more than it does a “post-hurricane-survival” scene. I see DJ equipment, speakers, punch dispensers and scattered clothing. What do you see?
And that quote from the owner? Absolutely PAWESOME. Perhaps if we all just swam a little more often, we wouldn’t be so pre-occupied with eating each other… I love that guy.
Photo: [Tony Gutierrez, AP]
BOL!
Can we train him to eat some of the xtians, like back in the Good Old Days in Rome? Might solve some of our political problems.
He eats sinner only!