Ethiopian girl reportedly guarded by lions

[Maine-ah]

http://msnbc.msn.com/id/8305836/ns/#.TxQTeaVSSWS

ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia — A 12-year-old girl who was abducted and beaten by men trying to force her into a marriage was found being guarded by three lions who apparently had chased off her captors, a policeman said Tuesday.
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The girl, missing for a week, had been taken by seven men who wanted to force her to marry one of them, said Sgt. Wondimu Wedajo, speaking by telephone from the provincial capital of Bita Genet, about 350 miles southwest of Addis Ababa.

She was beaten repeatedly before she was found June 9 by police and relatives on the outskirts of Bita Genet, Wondimu said. She had been guarded by the lions for about half a day, he said.

“They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” Wondimu said.

[rfranklin]

1. Good thing they weren't hungry...

This is a very questionable story.

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. I thought it was debunked a while back

I seem to remember

[Bucky]

7. Truth schmooth, this is an awesome story

I'm sure it'll show up on SVU next season, possibly with Paul Giamatti playing the lion.

[Codeine]

3. Uh huh.

Someone's been reading the Jungle Book a bit too literally.

[JustAnotherGen]

4. The story

Is from 2005.

[JustAnotherGen]

6. Or

The OP is trying to see how many people never really 'look' at the articles people link to.