Urban Legend? One Big Lion Verses 42 Midgets?

[Rumple Foreskin]

This was posted on another writing board by a Scotsman, which may or may not explain a lot. Someone please tell me this is an urban legend.

Rumple Foreskin

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Yes, it's real, from the BBC. You can't make up this stuff.

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Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight

An African Lion much like this is responsible for the death of 28 Cambodian Midgets (there was a picture of a lion in the article)
Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion

Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of Kâmpóng Chhnãng.

The fight was slated when an angry fan contested Yang Sihamoni, President of the CMFL, claiming that one lion could defeat his entire league of 42 fighters.

Sihamoni takes great pride in the league he helped create, as was conveyed in his recent advertising campaign for the CMFL that stated his midgets will "... take on anything; man, beast, or machine."

This campaign is believed to be what sparked the undisclosed fan to challenge the entire league to fight a lion; a challenge that Sihamoni readily accepted.

An African Lion (Panthera Leo) was shipped to centrally located Kâmpóng Chhnãng especially for the event, which took place last Saturday, April 30, 2005 in the city’s coliseum.

The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena.

The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back.

Sihamoni was quoted before the fight stating that he felt since his fighters out-numbered the lion 42 to 1, that they “… could out-wit and out-muscle [it].”

Unfortunately, he was wrong.
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It's not fair. You do your best to write new and original horror stories, and real life trounces you every time. Who would ever have imagined there'd be a Cambodian Midget Fighting League, or that they'd be this stupid? Would any fiction editor ever have accepted this?

 

[logophile]

From Snopes.com:

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Claim: The BBC reported on a lion's mutilating 42 midgets in a Cambodian ring-fight.
Status: False.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2005]

Origins: Evidently, if there's any news story as intriguing as zombies on the prowl in Cambodia, it's a lion killing and maiming several dozen midgets in Cambodia.

Just as in the earlier case of a fabricated news story about Cambodian zombies, someone created a spoof article about a match between a lion and 42 members of a putative Cambodian Midget Fighting League by using a page from the BBC's web site as a template. At least this instance of a phony BBC-like page came with a disclaimer, however, as its creator explained:
It was created to 'settle' a dispute between a friend of mine in which he claimed that 40 weaponless midgets could defeat 1 lion in a hypothetical fight. Many of my other friends and I tried to convince him that the lion would definitely win, but he would not back down from his argument. After seeing another fake article posing as BBC about 'zombism' in Cambodia, I got the idea to make this fake news article to try and convince him for the final time.

As soon as I was alerted the article had spread to the public, I created this 'disclaimer' page explaining the article's invalidity. This was not only to hopefully protect myself from the BBC or Cambodian Midget Fighting League (if one exists), but to also protect the reputability of the BBC and Cambodia itself, since the article isn't exactly politically correct and may offend some readers. I apologize to anyone or any groups that may have been offended by the article, and hope that they will understand it was all in good fun.
Last updated: 21 May 2005

 

[rgraham666]

*blink* *blink*

That is too fucking weird.

Looks like somebody needs a new meal ticket. And not the lion.

 

[R. Richard]

From Snopes.com:

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Claim: The BBC reported on a lion's mutilating 42 midgets in a Cambodian ring-fight.
Status: False.
Example: [Collected on the Internet, 2005]

Origins: Evidently, if there's any news story as intriguing as zombies on the prowl in Cambodia, it's a lion killing and maiming several dozen midgets in Cambodia.

OK, that settles it for midgets. However, how about 42 of those zombies against a lion? That's a matchup I would definitely pay to see!

[Incidently, why would they use a lion? Lions are African. If it was in Cambodia, it would have been a tiger.]

 

[Op_Cit]

[Incidently, why would they use a lion? Lions are African. If it was in Cambodia, it would have been a tiger.]

Yeah, that was the tipper.

Personally, I'm infavor of this spoof the media stuff--what's the term for it when it's intentionally done? There's a website dedicated to it. It's proper check and balance for the journalists who don't want to put out any effort. And it's funny too.

 

[Guest]

The strange is ficter than truthtion.

 

[Rumple Foreskin]

The strange is ficter than truthtion.

You bet, Dranoel, whatever it was you said.

Rumple Foreskin

 

[elsol]

You know... people are SICK!

Can you imagine that poor lion?

There he is having a nice quiet day and then he's mobbed by 42 midgets!

Put yourself in his place, you walk into this new cool looking room people are cheering... and then suddenly 42 SCREAMING midgets charge you.

The HORROR! THE IN-LION-Y!

Sincerely,
ElSOl

 

[sun_lover_61]

I am not sure i believe it - I think 42 midgets would defeat a lion.

I wouldn't want to get into such a fight but I think 5-6 humans could defeat a lion - perhaps fewer. In my fantasy scenario of the fight I imagine one my fighting mates is getting his head chomped by the beast while I am grabbing its hind legs, twisting, tearing ligaments, breaking bones etc. (amongst other things). All my plan needs to succeed is one chump to volunteer his head for chomping. In no time it would be one broken up lion.

SL61

 

[elsol]

I am not sure i believe it - I think 42 midgets would defeat a lion.

I wouldn't want to get into such a fight but I think 5-6 humans could defeat a lion - perhaps fewer. In my fantasy scenario of the fight I imagine one my fighting mates is getting his head chomped by the beast while I am grabbing its hind legs, twisting, tearing ligaments, breaking bones etc. (amongst other things). All my plan needs to succeed is one chump to volunteer his head for chomping. In no time it would be one broken up lion.

SL61

Okay... let's call it then.

I'm talking PRIME Male Lion.

African Variety weighs on average 475lbs... it also has razor sharp claws that it uses to rake. It's killing strike is to rip the spine out of an animal from the top.

Try to imaging holding on to the leg of a MUSCULAR 475 man and grabbing his leg, twisting, tearing ligaments.

Here's a quick experiment go find a 100 lb dog and grab it's back end... now hold on when it tries to get away. Now, imagine something that weighs 400 pounds more with weapons on it's feet.

5-6 humans vs. a lion means 1 person is lunch while the other 4 run like fucking crazy.

I don't think you realize how fast things die.

It would go like this.

"Okay, volunteer go get chumped. Guys get *CHUMP*... RUN! RUN! RUN!"



Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[ChilledVodkaIV]

politically off the scale

I am not sure i believe it - I think 42 midgets would defeat a lion.

I wouldn't want to get into such a fight but I think 5-6 humans could defeat a lion - perhaps fewer. In my fantasy scenario of the fight I imagine one my fighting mates is getting his head chomped by the beast while I am grabbing its hind legs, twisting, tearing ligaments, breaking bones etc. (amongst other things). All my plan needs to succeed is one chump to volunteer his head for chomping. In no time it would be one broken up lion.

SL61

Humans as opposed to.....?

 

[sun_lover_61]

Okay... let's call it then.

I'm talking PRIME Male Lion.

African Variety weighs on average 475lbs... it also has razor sharp claws that it uses to rake. It's killing strike is to rip the spine out of an animal from the top.

Try to imaging holding on to the leg of a MUSCULAR 475 man and grabbing his leg, twisting, tearing ligaments.

Here's a quick experiment go find a 100 lb dog and grab it's back end... now hold on when it tries to get away. Now, imagine something that weighs 400 pounds more with weapons on it's feet.

5-6 humans vs. a lion means 1 person is lunch while the other 4 run like fucking crazy.

I don't think you realize how fast things die.

It would go like this.

"Okay, volunteer go get chumped. Guys get *CHUMP*... RUN! RUN! RUN!"



Sincerely,
ElSol

Dear Elsol,

How about if we have guns?

Seriously, perhaps you are right. I won't be volunteering to find the truth on this. 475 is a lot of pounds - especially when its lean muscle. But how about a tiger? Twice the mass again?

SL61

 

[Halo_n_horns]

I wish this really would have happened just so I could say Good For the Lion!!!

Unfortunately, after losing so many of their beloved midgets in the scuff, they probably would have destroyed the lion.

http://www.whozoo.org/Intro98/verodona/LionRoarVG052203_6959C.JPG

Can you imagine how many lionesses it would have taken to get all that midget blood out of his mane?!

 

[elsol]

Dear Elsol,

How about if we have guns?

Seriously, perhaps you are right. I won't be volunteering to find the truth on this. 475 is a lot of pounds - especially when its lean muscle. But how about a tiger? Twice the mass again?

SL61

Guns is good... VERY GOOD!

I think this is why we invented guns, cause in the animal kingdom, we're food.

But oppossable thumbs and higher order brain functions will take you a long way... like tangling with a 475lb kitty.

There's suppossed to be a lion vs. a tiger video where the lion gets housed.

You gotta think; have you ever seen a pissed off kitty?

I'm only taking on a big cat from a distance and with a rifle, and I'll want 5-6 of us with those rifles, preferably they'll all be MUCH better shots than me.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[elsol]

Dear Elsol,

But how about a tiger? Twice the mass again?

SL61

With a tiger if you can pick the nationality it would be doable.

Sumatran = 200 lbs for a male... that's not TOO bad... 5 or 6 of us might do it unarmed.

Siberian could = 675 lbs... that's just ALL kinds of wrong. That's the point where we pick a chump, bash him over the head, and throw it at the kitty to give him something to eat while we RUN! RUN! RUN!

675 lbs... jeez... there are moments when my 65lb dog can take me down.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[minsue]

Humans as opposed to.....?

Well said.

 

[sun_lover_61]

Well said indeed - but what was being said?

SL61

 

[elsol]

Well said indeed - but what was being said?

SL61

Hmm... i think he took that statement as 5-6 humans vs. 5-6 midgets in the connotation that midgets aren't human.

Possibly 5-6 full-sized people might have been better.

Or maybe

5-6 average-sized humans, but then we'd get all nationalistic cause an averaged size asian might not equal an average size scottland dude vs. an averaged sized denizen of Gold's Gym.

Sincerely,
ElSol

 

[Guest]

bupm.

 

[sun_lover_61]

Hmm... i think he took that statement as 5-6 humans vs. 5-6 midgets in the connotation that midgets aren't human.

Possibly 5-6 full-sized people might have been better.

Or maybe

5-6 average-sized humans, but then we'd get all nationalistic cause an averaged size asian might not equal an average size scottland dude vs. an averaged sized denizen of Gold's Gym.

Sincerely,
ElSol

Crazy.

 

[ChilledVodkaIV]

Crazy.

Far out.