And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Tuesday, October 11, 2022
Lion not happy - image of a lion taken just prior to it charging at photographer Atif Saeed in 2012 in Pakistan
Here's the backstory: ------------------------------------ In an incredibly thoughtless act, Saeed left the confines of his car to take a picture of the lion, and he sat on the ground with the car door left open, only a "jump away from the lion."
However, the camera shutter alerted the lion to his presence and he went from the hunter to the hunted.
"The feel of the aggressive, approaching lion from the camera is something that can't be described," Saeed said in an interview with ABC News.
With the lion rushing towards him, Saeed managed to jump back in his car just in time and escape what could have been certain death.
“It was a pretty close encounter,” he recalled to the Daily Mail. “I was laughing afterwards at the time, but I don’t think I’d ever be able to do something like that again.”
Some years ago a tourist got out of his vehicle and approached a pride of African lions intent on taking close up pictures. The lions capture the photographer and casually munch on him. He remains alive during the meal. His wife records his predicament on video.
A rather decent "Lion" movie is the 1996 production "The Ghost and the Darkness". Staring Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer, it's set in 1898 Africa and tells the story of two lions "Ghost" and "Darkness" that killed a number of people building the Kenya-Uganda Railway.
The book 'The Lions of Tsavo: Exploring the Legacy of Africa's Notorious Man-Eaters Paperback' by Bruce D Patterson gives a less 'Hollywood' version of the story (the Michael Douglas was invented for the film'.)
I also recommend that same movie. I consider it one of Kilmer's best work. Coincidentally, release on October 11, 1996.
You have to be a little bit crazy to set and hold a camera steady and take that photo of a charging lion. I'd have left a vapor trail, leaving the camera in mid air ...
Here's the backstory:
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In an incredibly thoughtless act, Saeed left the confines of his car to take a picture of the lion, and he sat on the ground with the car door left open, only a "jump away from the lion."
However, the camera shutter alerted the lion to his presence and he went from the hunter to the hunted.
"The feel of the aggressive, approaching lion from the camera is something that can't be described," Saeed said in an interview with ABC News.
With the lion rushing towards him, Saeed managed to jump back in his car just in time and escape what could have been certain death.
“It was a pretty close encounter,” he recalled to the Daily Mail. “I was laughing afterwards at the time, but I don’t think I’d ever be able to do something like that again.”
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https://www.firstpost.com/world/photographer-barely-escapes-attacking-lion-taking-stunning-picture-2197106.html
Some years ago a tourist got out of his vehicle and approached a pride of African lions intent on taking close up pictures. The lions capture the photographer and casually munch on him. He remains alive during the meal. His wife records his predicament on video.
DeleteThis is the last thing that "Bob" saw.........
ReplyDeleteA rather decent "Lion" movie is the 1996 production "The Ghost and the Darkness". Staring Michael Douglas and Val Kilmer, it's set in 1898 Africa and tells the story of two lions "Ghost" and "Darkness" that killed a number of people building the Kenya-Uganda Railway.
ReplyDeleteThey are currently in the Field Museum, in Chicago, I believe.
DeleteThe book 'The Lions of Tsavo: Exploring the Legacy of Africa's Notorious Man-Eaters Paperback' by Bruce D Patterson gives a less 'Hollywood' version of the story (the Michael Douglas was invented for the film'.)
DeleteI also recommend that same movie. I consider it one of Kilmer's best work. Coincidentally, release on October 11, 1996.
DeleteYou have to be a little bit crazy to set and hold a camera steady and take that photo of a charging lion. I'd have left a vapor trail, leaving the camera in mid air ...
Mr Saeed got a helluva photo for his efforts
ReplyDeleteDarwin thwarted again.....sadly.
ReplyDeleteThe Far Side had a cartoon that predicted this.
ReplyDeleteThe Lion of Judah is coming again. Will you be on His side? Or will this be your view?
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