Man catches leopard in bedroom with bare hands

Ynet News ^ | 5/28/2007 | Anat Bereshovsky

[mary_misfit]

A Negev resident woke up early Monday morning to find a leopard in his bedroom.

The wild animal had been chasing Arthur Damush's beloved cat around the house, and when the two animals entered his bedroom, Damush did not hesitate, and knew exactly what he had to do.

The Midreshest Ben-Gurion resident instinctively jumped out of his bed and caught the wild creature with his bare hands.

In the past two weeks residents of the area noticed that cats were slowly disappearing, and occasionally spotted the leopard sneaking between houses. This time, however, the leopard decided to pay the Damush household a visit.

Raviv Shapira, head of the Israel Nature and Parks Authority's southern district, told Ynet, "Around 3 am, a cat ran into the house, with the leopard chasing after him. The two animals lunged into the bedroom.

"The homeowner who was sleeping with his wife woke up and yelled: 'Leopard!', and at first thought he was seeing things. When the leopard used its teeth to grab the cat by its neck, the homeowner pounced on it and caught it with his hands."

Shapira added that this was the first time he had ever encountered a leopard entering a home.

[Suzy Quzy]

HAHAHA!

[AnAmericanMother]

When I read the article and it said "the cat had minor injuries" . . . I was thinking of the BIG cat. They meant the little one, obviously, on second reading.

Wow. Good news all around for everybody.

Need to relocate the big kitty so he won't go into any more houses for awhile.

[Grizzled Bear]

The man, and the leopard, in question.

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If it was the U.S. media they would have said “alleged leopard.

[6SJ7]

A Negev resident woke up early Monday morning to find a leopard in his bedroom.

Must have been a beta version. Leopard is not due for official release until October.

[spotbust1]

"A Negev resident woke up early Monday morning to find a leopard in his bedroom."

Did it look like this?

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[Recovering Ex-hippie]

LOL!!!!

MSM headline would have read...

“Crazed right wing hunter attacks endangered frightened mother Leopard,visciously attempting to strangle it with his bare hands as environmentally conscious wife pleads for him to stop. “

[saganite]

groan.

[U S Army EOD]

I pray each day and night I could suffer like that.

[Wil H]

I once shot an elephant in my pajamas...

How the hell did an Elephant manage to put on your pajamas?

And just how big are you?

[Slings and Arrows]

If that’s the leopard, I want it for a captive breeding program.

[PicWzrd]

When did they start making pajamas that size? Ba-dum-bump

LMAO!

[MarkL]

This thread gets my vote for the best headline of the week!

Mark

[null and void]

Bengal tigers killing and eating Asiatic lions in the Gir forest of India

No Gir, that's bad...

[null and void]

Sure. Pick on the fat guy...

[Patriot Son]

What was the elephant doing wearing your pajamas?

[colorado tanker]

LOL!

[gcruse]

‘Man catches leopard in bedroom with bare hands’

Well, it’s more exciting than Colonel Mustard in the parlor with a candlestick.

[null and void]

The Macarena. (Or was it the Mambo?)

[dalereed]

“I once shot an elephant in my pajamas...”

Was it still there when you woke up?

[Mercat]

What was the elephant doing in your pajamas?