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Police say three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and guarding her until police and relatives tracked her down in a remote corner of Ethiopia.
The men had held the girl for seven days, repeatedly beating her, before the lions chased them away and guarded her for half a day before her family and police found her, sergeant Wondimu Wedajo said on Tuesday via telephone from the provincial capital of Bita Genet, some 560km west of the capital, Addis Ababa.
“They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” Wondimu said, adding he did not know whether the lions were male or female.
-Summary of the eRumor
An incredible story of a young girl in Africa who was running from a group of men who had beaten her and wanted to force her into marriage.
As she ran down a road, she encountered a pride of lions who reportedly protected her until she stopped crying then let police tend to her.
-The Truth
Reports from remote areas of the world are sometimes unreliable, but there are published stories about this one.
A BBC article from June 22, 2005 quotes police in West Ethiopia as saying that the story is true.
Sergeant Wondmu Wedaj from Bita Genet told the BBC that the lions stood guard until the police got there then "left her like a gift" and went back into the forest.
The article quotes lion experts as being skeptical about that, however, and suggest that the lion was actually preparing to eat the girl but scattered when the police showed up.
One animal expert also told reporters that the lions may have spared the girl because her crying may have sounded like the mewing sound from a lion cub.
The story has been widely reported in Africa and described as a miracle.
It appears to depend on who is interpreting the lion's actions as to as to how the event is described.
leolady
What an amazing story ! Lions came to the rescue of a girl who was kidnapped...
Animal behavior never ceases to amaze me... what an awesome rescue story !
Police say three lions rescued a 12-year-old girl kidnapped by men who wanted to force her into marriage, chasing off her abductors and guarding her until police and relatives tracked her down in a remote corner of Ethiopia.
The men had held the girl for seven days, repeatedly beating her, before the lions chased them away and guarded her for half a day before her family and police found her, sergeant Wondimu Wedajo said on Tuesday via telephone from the provincial capital of Bita Genet, some 560km west of the capital, Addis Ababa.
“They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” Wondimu said, adding he did not know whether the lions were male or female.
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leolady
Johenix
I once read a story where a small child of three or four was lost during near freezing weather. The next day when found the child repeatedly said, "Big doggy."
The searchers found the tracks of a large wolf that had slept next tohim and kept him warm.
Some people believe in demonic possession.
Could it be that sometimes our "Guardian Angel" or "Guardian Spirit" is allowed to take possession of a wild animal to protect us?
Johenix
.....Some people believe in demonic possession.
Could it be that sometimes our "Guardian Angel" or "Guardian Spirit" is allowed to take possession of a wild animal to protect us?