triangle choke a dog.. ahem

t-ha wrote: »

It's kind of a joke about 'deadly/instant win' techniques that sound good in theory but fall short in practice.

A 73-year-old man used his bare hands to tear out the tongue of a leopard that attacked him in Kenya and killed it, a newspaper said Wednesday of an incident confirmed by the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS).

The 73-year-old Daniel M'Mburugu was working in his potato garden near Mount Kenya in the center of the country when the animal, apparently aggressive, hurtled from nearby grass and charged towards him.

"It let out a blood-curdling snarl that made the birds stop chirping. I froze for some seconds, then it dawned on me that death was staring at me on the face," he told the Standard Newspaper.

M'Mburugu, a peasant farmer, dropped the machete he was carrying and forced his hand into the leopard's mouth, pulling out its tongue in an act of self-defence, according to the report in the daily.

"A voice, which must have been from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand into its wide open mouth, I obeyed," he said, explaining that the leopard sank its teeth into his wrist, but would not let go.

As the struggle continued, M'Mburugu realized that the animal's "breathing was belabored", prompting him to keep pulling the tongue.

Villagers only responded when the animal lay dying and he gained instant status as a village hero, the paper said.

"Wardens said the leopard attacked the man because it was injured elsewhere ... wild animals are usually very aggressive and attack unprovoked when injured," KWS spokesman Edward Indakwa told AFP.

"Nevertheless, he was lucky," he added of the incident that occurred early this month.

Incidents of human-wildlife conflict in the east African nation are common, mostly near game parks and national reserves.

Run away from a dog?

Roper wrote: »

Paddy,

Just for you I went out to my garden there with my springer spaniel. Now I know we have to account for difference in breed but it was the closest I could get. Anyway, I tried to put the triangle on, but he stacked me using his strong hind quarters, I grabbed his leg to try to sweep him but he put his weight down and thanks to having a long narrow head, he managed to wriggle out and tried to pass guard. I managed to get a butterfly hook in though as he was passing and got the sweep in the end and finished with a leg and arm choke from top. He was fairly p1ssed at being caught like that but we had a chat about it over some meaty chews afterwards and he knows where he went wrong.

Hope that helps.