Lion on the loose in Essex

dodderangler

DrumSteve wrote: »

efb wrote: »

Essex though? Has that lion no pride...?

Well if it did, then there would be a few lions on the loose.

Can't believe you took that bad pun seriously
Ffs
Il go over and hunt it meself id say I'd find it MANEly in a field

Lollers

ollie1 wrote: »

How come no photos of the Lion have been released? people saying they took loads of photos but where are they?

Daily Mail have a photo up now http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193984/Is-picture-lion-loose-Image-sparked-police-hunt-big-cat-Essex-town.html

Beefy78

As a proud Essex man, I feel appalled at the perpetuation of stereotypes in this thread.

genie

ollie1 wrote: »

How come no photos of the Lion have been released? people saying they took loads of photos but where are they?

They have been sold to The Sun according to BBC Look East. :rolleyes:

But they were shown to someone at Colchester Zoo before that and who said they weren't clear enough for him to be able to say whether it was a lion or not.

My name is URL

ollie1 wrote: »

How come no photos of the Lion have been released? people saying they took loads of photos but where are they?

http://p.twimg.com/A1QUwyTCMAEiYGt.jpg#twimg

christmas2012

people should be prohibited from owning exotic animals as situations like this can occur did anybody ever see animal hoarder on ch4 where a bunch of lions and tigers got loose in the usa they all had to be shot

keano_afc

Just back from my mates stag do in Essex. Fantastic time. Now I just need to get this lion costume back to the fance dress shop.

Colmustard

Call me a loon but I would like to live in a place with the odd roaming lion.

I can see Essex implementing a lion patrol and a Lion Tax.

Neil3030

Colmustard wrote: »

Call me a loon but I would like to live in a place with the odd roaming lion.

I can see Essex implementing a lion patrol and a Lion Tax.

Let the Lions pay the Lion Tax! I pay the Homer Tax! :pac:

seven_eleven

Lollers wrote: »

Daily Mail have a photo up now http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2193984/Is-picture-lion-loose-Image-sparked-police-hunt-big-cat-Essex-town.html

People have said it was a Lioness. That looks male

Beefy78

seven_eleven wrote: »

People have said it was a Lioness. That looks male

Really? The reports I read all said a male lion.

Colmustard

That doesn't look like a lion, more a big dog.

seven_eleven

Colmustard wrote: »

That doesn't look like a lion, more a big dog.

No Im pretty sure that looks like a Lion. :pac:

Beefy78 wrote: »

Really? The reports I read all said a male lion.

Well I just heard people say it was a female lion on sky news, but I dont know. I dont trust daily mail at all anyway. I really wish people would stop posting it here.seeing as how much we all complain about them/hate their tripe.

Beefy78

I'm not convinced that image is legit but if it is then that's definitely a lion. Certainly not a dog...

As for the Mail, I'm not a fan but most of the people quoted in that piece have been quoted in several other newspapers as well. I'd tend to take the story at face value on this instance.

Icyseanfitz

i dont know from the proportions id say its a bigfoot taking a **** :pac:

Scanlas The 2nd

I'd love to see it stroll past narky dogs, see how they react.

BigBrownBear

Thats a bleedin dog

TeddyTedson

It's not a dog its a lion of course. Have you never seen a lion before. Leo the lion I think he should be called.

TeddyTedson

It actually could be a hyena!

search called off.

Someone acting the *****x

TeddyTedson

If it is in fact a lion or hyena or perhaps all of the above. Where did it come from and what do you think it wants in Essex of all places?

Something is not adding up here.

Has there been any reporting of a missing lion anywhere. It's not as if it had got the train from the Amazon now is it.

This lion has been strategicly planted here as a decoy I'd guess.

seven_eleven

Ah jaysus lads. Learn your animals. Look at that feline tail.

Beefy78

TeddyTedson wrote: »

If it is in fact a lion or hyena or perhaps all of the above. Where did it come from and what do you think it wants in Essex of all places?

Something is not adding up here.

Has there been any reporting of a missing lion anywhere. It's not as if it had got the train from the Amazon now is it.

This lion has been strategicly planted here as a decoy I'd guess.

If it's true (and the Police have called off the search so it's not looking likely) then an escaped or released illegally-owned pet would be my guess.

Big Nasty

Jake1 wrote: »

search called off.

Someone acting the *****x

Look like they were...

*dons sunglasses*

...Lion

'Yeeeeaaaaahhhhh'

dr strangelove

Jesus, St. Osyth? Even a lion should think twice about heading down there after dark

dodderangler

TeddyTedson wrote: »

If it is in fact a lion or hyena or perhaps all of the above. Where did it come from and what do you think it wants in Essex of all places?

Something is not adding up here.

Has there been any reporting of a missing lion anywhere. It's not as if it had got the train from the Amazon now is it.

This lion has been strategicly planted here as a decoy I'd guess.

Lions in the amazon now jaysus
Suppose he got the luas aswell

Colmustard

dodderangler wrote: »

Lions in the amazon now jaysus
Suppose he got the luas aswell

Yeah I hated the BeeB for telling that Tarzan lord of the jungle never could fight a lion because Lions are plains predators.

MHalberstram

I heard that instead of a mouth it has four arses.

opinion guy

christmas2012 wrote: »

people should be prohibited from owning exotic animals as situations like this can occur did anybody ever see animal hoarder on ch4 where a bunch of lions and tigers got loose in the usa they all had to be shot

Those were deliberately let escape though. The zoo owner or something went nuts and let them free and got eaten himself in the process

Mr.Crinklewood

opinion guy wrote: »

Those were deliberately let escape though. The zoo owner or something went nuts and let them free and got eaten himself in the process

The squirrel ate well that night.

seven_eleven

That picture that the dailyfailure posted was proven to be a fake, and was just pulled out of the arse of the internet. Quality reporting by them again of course.

TeddyTedson

dodderangler wrote: »

Lions in the amazon now jaysus
Suppose he got the luas aswell

Buffalo soldier

Beefy78

seven_eleven wrote: »

That picture that the dailyfailure posted was proven to be a fake, and was just pulled out of the arse of the internet. Quality reporting by them again of course.

To be fair, they didn't claim it to be genuine. They said that it had been circulated on twitter by people who claimed that it was the lion.

marzic

Colmustard wrote: »

There are a load of cats loose in Britain. Loads of feral wild pigs as well. That is according to a C4 programme I seen years ago. I believe it as well, loads of witnesses and cats are usually nocturnal and masters at staying out of the way and stealth.

I don't know about a lion, big fukcers who usually don't care who sees them.

Colmustard, are you from Essex? I just read your post aloud in my best Ilford accent (well near enough!) and its just like what Tony, the scaffolder from Ilford, would say! "that lion jas woking rawnd sayin I-own-giv-afack-uh-sees me!"

Rhys Essien

Id say it was this fella coming back from a party.:D