Live in Essex - watch out for the Lion!

Vampire · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:34

Apparently there's one on the loose! :eek:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-essex-19388301

Glad I don't live there, I was out for a run earlier and would hate to stumble across one.

King Damager · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:36

Yeah, live around there... Well, not really... but in Essex. XD

Personally wondering how far a lion can travel in a day xD

I think it's AWESOME!

I've actually spent quite a bit of time in Jaywick and St Osyths xD

kd

RomanNose · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:38

This is going to create quite a roar in the news tomorrow.
( Best I could do

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Adam · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:38

I live in Essex and I haven't seen many lions lately.

scorza · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:42

King Damager said:
Yeah, live around there... Well, not really... but in Essex. XD

Personally wondering how far a lion can travel in a day xD

I think it's AWESOME!

I've actually spent quite a bit of time in Jaywick and St Osyths xD

kd

I'd actually prefer my chances one-on-one with a lion than spending a whole day in Jaywick.

robfosters · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:44

Hopefully it wasn't near a mane road.

King Damager · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:44

scorza said:
I'd actually prefer my chances one-on-one with a lion than spending a whole day in Jaywick.

Haha!

Apparently Colchester zoo has accounted for all it's lions... so now it really is a question of where the hell did it come from o.O

kd

doofer · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:46

robfosters said:
Hopefully it wasn't near a mane road.

Probably looking for a Zebra Crossing.

Brookert · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:48

scorza said:
I'd actually prefer my chances one-on-one with a lion than spending a whole day in Jaywick.

I think a lion would turns its nose up at some of Jaywick

robfosters · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:49

Whoever's Lion it is is probably cacking themselves now. Obviously being kept without a DWA or they would have alerted the police themselves.

G-MAN2004 · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:49

Poor lion.

sven256 · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:50

doofer said:
Probably looking for a Zebra Crossing.

Is that a wildebeest guess?

On Holiday · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:51

I hope the person that reported it wasn't lion to the police.

robfosters · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:53

Apparently it could have come from a circus that was travelling recently. I thought that sort of thing (big cats in travelling circuses) was long gone.

PMKeates · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:55

If I see it, I'll go Chuck Norris on it and turn it in to a new hat.

Westyfield2 · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:56

LOL Essex

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robfosters · 26 Aug 2012 at 22:56

PMKeates said:
If I see it, I'll **** myself and run screaming like a little girl.

Fixed.

Sky news are on the case now. This could turn into another Raoul Moat hunt. Gazza will be along soon with KFC and a fishing rod.

Collider · 26 Aug 2012 at 23:12

How mad..at least its not apparently a cuddly toy like the tiger they scrambled a Police helicopter for last time this sort of thing happened.

I can't imagine its really easy to keep a lion and conceal the fact you have one, if it is not from a zoo or similar. If someone has done that and the lion ends up getting its head shot off by the Police that will be a real shame.

I think it is still legal for circuses to use large animals, there are some moves to ban it.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-17218299

Overslop · 26 Aug 2012 at 23:13

I've got a bad feline about this.

robfosters · 26 Aug 2012 at 23:14

sadly, there is no way the lion will live if spotted.