Wu Song
Ever heard of the legend 'wu song da hu"? The evergreen story about this chap called Wu Song who killed the ferocious man-eating tiger with his bare hands?
You must be thinking how impossible it would be today, how the warriors of old were so strong, wielding axes and spears weighing in excess of 40kg, and the gargantuan strength needed to beat a tiger to death with your bare hands.
Think again. Here at metalfyre.blogspot, The Rantings of an ilkhan presents to you the Modern Day Wu Song .
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.
"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.
At 73, most of our folks here can't even walk straight...
I don't understand why he dropped the machete tho...
Riding hard, fast, safely AND taking a few corners.
You must be thinking how impossible it would be today, how the warriors of old were so strong, wielding axes and spears weighing in excess of 40kg, and the gargantuan strength needed to beat a tiger to death with your bare hands.
Think again. Here at metalfyre.blogspot, The Rantings of an ilkhan presents to you the Modern Day Wu Song .
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.
"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.
At 73, most of our folks here can't even walk straight...
I don't understand why he dropped the machete tho...
Riding hard, fast, safely AND taking a few corners.
posted by Metalfyre at
6/26/2005 01:50:00 AM
4 Comments:
I can't help but laugh at you Caleb.
^eileen
Argh..What a tragic way to die. I mean the leopard.
sometimes ur thoughts are so silly, its endearing.
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