[GrumpyOldMan]

Originally Posted by jimjamuser

Speaking about poking a lion and a cage. Many years ago In Omaha, Nb. there was a small free zoo. I was sitting down taking a break about 50 feet from the lion cage. It was one MALE lion pacing back and forth in the front of his cage where the bars were. There was some barrier about 8 ft from the cage bars. A crowd of about 10 early teenage boys and girls were TEASING the lion. Yelling, waving their hands and, I believe, hitting him with small stones. They were laughing, "King of the beasts" are you?

Well, he did show all 10 of them that he really did earn his title. He lifted his rear leg and out came a yellow fire hose that soaked them all. They shut their mouths quickly, put their heads DOWN, and embarrassed completely, they walked away. I bet they STANK for days afterward. I wonder if dogs would have run away from them or toward them with that smell? I wonder what they told their parents? They would be about 60 years old today - I wonder if any of them laugh about it now and tell the story today? Maybe one lives in TV Land? Small chance? Maybe someone else from Omaha has heard of the Lion with the firehose?

Fun story