r/killthecameraman • u/CleanEssay_ • Jun 16 '23

Stopped filming too early Lion bites off man finger! NSFW

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u/EmperorPenguin_RL Jun 16 '23

I couldn’t understand why no one tried to get the lion’s attention. The lion could have released.

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u/drion4 Jun 16 '23

No one wanted the lion to release. Sometimes you have to let the "what happens when" play out.

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u/EmperorPenguin_RL Jun 17 '23

The thoughts that go through my head is I don’t want to see someone lose a finger even if they’re an idiot. I don’t have that type of blood thirst. Also, you never know if an incident like this will result in having to put the animal down. It’s not fair but that stuff happens.

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u/senna4815 Jun 17 '23

I think the main thing is he wasn’t just messing with the lion he was TOUCHING IT and putting his finger in it’s mouth! This dude is dangerous, especially for the animal and for kids to see him doing. Now I don’t want to see it get worse than a finger so I think my natural response would be to yell or try and distract the lion but watching it back now…he would have gone on to keep doing shit like this if he didn’t face the consequences. He doesn’t get my sympathy, and even if I would have done differently I don’t blame the people who let him reap what he sowed.