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.

[null and void]

How did an elephant get into your pajama’s.?....there must be quit a story there......giggle

*shrug* Wimin are always trying to get into my pajamas...

[MattinNJ]

That’s all it takes to get on FR?????????? Sheesh, I have a dozen stories like this. Who do I submit them to?

[null and void]

YOW!

[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

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

I once had to tame a tiger in tight fittin’ jeans!:-)

Several times!

[Slings and Arrows]

The pic with the article shows the Mr. Damush holding the leopard by the scruff of the neck, paralyzing it. Smart guy.

The cat, BTW, was OK.

[dogbrain]

"The picture shows a smaller animal than I was expecting."

I know what you mean. I don't think this story would have ended the same if it were a full grown adult cat.
"White Hunters" by Brian Herne has some vivid accounts of leopards getting the best of some hunters.
I wonder if the guy had any idea of how big that cat was before he decided to grab it.

[perfect stranger]

ping

[agent_delta]

LOL!!!

[Anti-Bubba182]

It attacked his cat, he probably acted instinctively.

[Felis_irritable]

Who knew leopards like to eat cats?

I have an acquaintance who raises leopards and has done TV/etc. commercials with them. They have pretty much zero respect for the housecats and will kill them almost for sport.

[Young Werther]

I guess you get high Marx for your feet!

[AnotherUnixGeek]

Who knew leopards like to eat cats? Isn't that a kind of cannibalism?

Cats in the wild seem to have no compunction about killing and occasionally eating each, if those wildlife documentaries are any guide - there have been reports of Bengal tigers killing and eating Asiatic lions in the Gir forest of India during times of drought, African lions will kill and eat leopards, and apparently cougars include bobcat on their menus.

Brave guy to grab it, though.

Absolutely - but it must have been a young, small leopard for him to have gotten away with it.

[U S Army EOD]

Could you subdue the tiger?

[U S Army EOD]

I had a cousin who had one for a while and it killed her cats but was buddy, buddy with the dogs.

[mtbopfuyn]

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

Don't you just hate when that happens.

[Daffynition]

He got caught ...

[colorado tanker]

Could you subdue the tiger?

No, she subdued me, but I didn't mind. :-))

[Daffynition]

I guess you get high Marx for your feet!

Dis it wa hiMarx loks lik.

[GovernmentIsTheProblem]

hm.

[Suzy Quzy]

LOL!! I could have gaught that cat!