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73-year-old man kills leopard with his bare hands by...

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AirBrian

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...TEARING OUT THE LEOPARD'S TONGUE!

A 73-year-old man used his bare hands to tear out the tongue of a leopard that attacked him in Kenya and killed it, a newspaper said overnight of an incident confirmed by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

The 73-year-old Daniel M'Mburugu was working in his potato garden near Mount Kenya in the centre of the country when the animal, apparently aggressive, hurtled from nearby grass and charged towards him.

"It let out a blood-curdling snarl that made the birds stop chirping. I froze for some seconds, then it dawned on me that death was staring at me on the face," he told the Standard Newspaper.

M'Mburugu, a peasant farmer, dropped the machete he was carrying and forced his hand into the leopard's mouth, pulling out its tongue in an act of self-defence, according to the report in the daily.
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"A voice, which must have been from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand into its wide open mouth, I obeyed," he said, explaining that the leopard sank its teeth into his wrist, but would not let go.

As the struggle continued, M'Mburugu realised that the animal's "breathing was belaboured", prompting him to keep pulling the tongue.

Villagers only responded when the animal lay dying and he gained instant status as a village hero, the paper said.

"Wardens said the leopard attacked the man because it was injured elsewhere ... wild animals are usually very aggresive and attack unprovoked when injured," KWS spokesman Edward Indakwa said.

"Nevertheless, he was lucky," he added of the incident that occurred early this month.

Incidents of human-wildlife conflict in the east African nation are common, mostly near game parks and national reserves.
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Willco

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Hell yeah! Old people aren't so useless after all.

Kabuki Waq said:
this is right up there with that dude that cut off his own leg on some mountain.
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That was Saw. The mountain guy cut off his arm.
 
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"A voice, which must have been from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand into its wide open mouth, I obeyed," he said, explaining that the leopard sank its teeth into his wrist, but would not let go.
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See, miracles happen everyday. You just have to open your eyes.
 
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Kabuki Waq

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Willco said:
Hell yeah! Old people aren't so useless after all.



That was Saw. The mountain guy cut off his arm.
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hmm i wonder whats more hardcore cutting your own arm or cutting your own leg?

disscuss.
 
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SKluck

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But... he dropped the machete? I don't know, the first thing that comes to my mind if attacked by a large predator is don't drop the huge blade you are carrying.
 
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El_Victor

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SKluck said:
But... he dropped the machete? I don't know, the first thing that comes to my mind if attacked by a large predator is don't drop the huge blade you are carrying.
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He wanted a fair fistfight with the leopard?
 
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Willco said:
Hell yeah! Old people aren't so useless after all.



That was Saw. The mountain guy cut off his arm.
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And then walked out.

Also I heard a story about a guy taking out a mountain lion with a pocket knife around the arm cutting story time period. anyone remember that? And some guy that ran into the water and dragged a big ass shark onto the beach by it's tail....
 
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Pimpwerx

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Wow! Killing a leapord by ripping it tongue out would count as Hurculian if you were in the prime of your life and diesel. For a 73yo man.... that's just fucking bananas. I gotta see a pic of this guy. That's like God of War type shit. :D This guy is clearly winning at life. PEACE.
 
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J2 Cool

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El_Victor said:
He wanted a fair fistfight with the leopard?
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:lol Bring it bitch! Reminds me of Shadow of Rome when I threw my weapon down to fight two mammoth men bare fist at the end of the Gladiator event. Of course that was just a videogame but hey, we're not all lucky enough to get our chance at taking down a real life leopard eh? eh? Give and take.. We've each had our moments.
 
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ohamsie

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OpinionatedCyborg said:
They forgot to mention that the leopard was only 4 days old. Still, kudos old man, you did well.
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Where did you hear that? I think I could take out a four day old leopard. :(
 
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Rorschach

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"Drop the machete...no, seriously, drop it and stick your hand in his mouth. Really, no...trust me..." "OMG HE DID IT OMG HE SO TOTALLY DID IT LOL" *laughs it up with Jesus*

That's 1 miracle down.

How many of us would have listend to the voice? :lol


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If you don't get pussy with that story...
"Wanna see my scar? Yeah, I uh...killed a leapord with my bear hands. He tried to run away...I grabbed him; pulled him back. I grabbed him by the big throat and said 'fuck you, leapord!'"
 
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Mr. Spinnington

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Rorschach said:
PopeMountains5.jpg

"Drop the machete...no, seriously, drop it and stick your hand in his mouth. Really, no...trust me..." "OMG HE DID IT OMG HE SO TOTALLY DID IT LOL" *laughs it up with Jesus*

That's 1 miracle down.
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:lol :lol :lol
good.
 
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