One Lion vs. 42 Midgets (MERGED)

[FKAGobucks877]

http://www.perfect.co.uk/robin/2005/05/lionvsmidgets.htm

If you bet on the lion, you win. In less than 13 minutes, the lion kills over half the midgets. And this was a government-sanctioned "match".

 

[bucknut74]

The story is fake.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/2005_05_10.htm

 

[wadc45]

and I thought midget-tossing was fun...

 

[FKAGobucks877]

The story is fake.

http://urbanlegends.about.com/b/a/2005_05_10.htm

Maybe the story about it being fake is fake. You can't believe everything you see on the internet, you know...

 

[exhawg]

So how would 42 midgets do against 1 lion. I want to know damn it.

 

[wadc45]

seriously...Oh8ch can get the BP Book opened up for this one...

 

[LoKyBuckeye]

As longs as the midgets have no weapons the lion wins... hands (or paws?) down.

 

[exhawg]

As longs as the midgets have no weapons the lion wins... hands (or paws?) down.

So how many midgets would it take to kill a lion?

 

[AJHawkfan]

43. That one jerk slept in and everyone paid for it. Asshole.

 

[FKAGobucks877]

Stupid lazy midget. He's only half the man I am.

 

[Wingate1217]

And I thought "dwarf bowling" was dangerous...

It is a crazy world we live in...

Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight<O:p></O:p>
<O:pSpectators 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 <ST1:place on"<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:City w:st="on">Kâmpóng Chhnãng</st1:City></ST1:place.
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

 

[exhawg]

I've seen this before. It's fake.

 

[Saw31]

Sounds like they're going to be a little short on fighters now...

 

[MolGenBuckeye]

Seen on a bumper sticker in Phnom Penh: "Too many lions, not enough midgets"

 

[Wingate1217]

I've seen this before. It's fake.

This is found in the archives at the BBC. If it was fake I would hope they would have pulled the story by now.... Orginal story was dated May 2, 2005 over a year ago.

http://www.fmft.net/archives/BBC_NEWS.htm