JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - A South African man was killed and eaten by lions at a game farm in the country's North West province, police said on Thursday.
Samuel Boosen, a 36-year-old caretaker at the Aloe Ridge Lodge at Swartruggens, about 150 km (90 miles) west of Johannesburg, went into the lion enclosure to feed the animals before being attacked on Tuesday.
"He went into the cage ... (about) nine lions then attacked and ate him up until the only parts that remained were the skull and spine," police spokesman superintendent Lesego Metsi said.
"It happened in full view of two witnesses."
He said it was unclear why Boosen, who had worked at the lodge for four years, had gone into the enclosure as he usually fed the lions by placing meat through the fence. Police did not suspect foul play.
A game reserve owner was eaten by a pride of lions at his farm near Johannesburg in April last year, after reportedly suffering a stroke and falling out of his vehicle.
Originally posted by: FoBoT
he may have dropped his iPhone into the lion pen and was just retrieving it
Originally posted by: GagHalfrunt
Suicide isn't Darwin Award worthy although it probably should be. Maybe Darwin though, if he wanted to off himself he could surely have come up with a better way. That's got to be a particularly bad way to go.
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
If he went in to retrieve his iPhone then that would be worthy of a Darwin Award.
Originally posted by: Nitemare
"went into the lion enclosure to feed the animals"
guess he was successful...
Originally posted by: Auric
I'd rather my corpse be eaten by animals than be subjected to the common indignities of autopsy and molestation. As for the death itself... meh, could be worse.
Originally posted by: JulesMaximus
Originally posted by: Auric
I'd rather my corpse be eaten by animals than be subjected to the common indignities of autopsy and molestation. As for the death itself... meh, could be worse.
Now just his spine and skull will be subjected to autopsy and molestation. :laugh:
Originally posted by: Auric
I'd rather my corpse be eaten by animals than be subjected to the common indignities of autopsy and molestation.
Originally posted by: FoBoT
he may have dropped his iPhone into the lion pen and was just retrieving it
Originally posted by: tomywishbone
From what I've been able to digest of this pausable tale, the main caretaker sounds like he took pride in his work.
Originally posted by: blurredvision
Originally posted by: Auric
I'd rather my corpse be eaten by animals than be subjected to the common indignities of autopsy and molestation.
:roll: You're dead, who cares?