06 June 2006

Lioness in zoo kills man who invoked God

A man shouting that God would keep him safe was mauled to death by a lioness in Kiev zoo after he crept into the animal's enclosure, a zoo official said on Monday.
"The man shouted 'God will save me, if he exists', lowered himself by a rope into the enclosure, took his shoes off and went up to the lions," the official said...
In the Philippines, you can buy amulets that are supposed to give you magical powers. Filipinos are constantly stopped/arrested in airport security checks for wearing a bullet in the necklace. This is widely believed to protect one from death. And to think that we are now in the 21st century...

In a way, God did save that man then... from living a life of stupidity.