It’s real.
A bizarre clip showing a woman casually catching a growling lion wandering around a busy city and carrying the wild animal down a street has gone viral and left netizens confused.
According to reports, the clip was recorded in a Kuwaiti city
The big cat happened to be in the middle of a city road after escaping from a private residence. Although it looks big and all-grown-up from the clip and photos, it is still young, said media reports.
The sight of a lion can be intimidating for any person. But in this case, the woman pounced on it and had it by the scruff of the neck in no time.
The short clip shows the big cat moving its paws aggressively as the woman carries it down a street. After walking a few metres, the woman releases the lion but stays close to ensure it doesn’t escape again
The lion escaped onto the street in the Sabahiya area of Kuwait City and caused panic among local residents, according to Arab Times.
I think the otherworldly weirdness of the video comes from how similar the woman is behaving to someone carrying a housecat. And frankly, how similar the lion is behaving, except it has to be 100lbs or so. Like “oh sure, this lion is squirming a bit and going for my jugular. Typical Mittens teehee! He’s such a little ball of hate. *chuckles.”
It’s like it’s a video game and the developers made an animation for carrying a housecat, and an animation for the housecat squirming. But then, as a practical joke, they just put a lion in there instead.
SCENE: Random alley in Arabia. We see a young girl holding a fully grown lion. With hate in its eyes it throws its claws at her face, desperately seeking her jugular.
Girl: Oh Stawwwp it.
Lion growls harder as the girl chuckles softly. It strains its muscles against her death grip. It’s one goal in life is to leave her a bloody mess.
Girl: No. Sir Fluffy no. Mom get the mist machine.
King of the jungle unleashes bloodcurdling roar. 4 inch claws miss her throat by mere millimeters. Suddenly we here the telltale sound of a repurposed windex bottle being used to spray him down with a fine mist of water.
Girl: Bad. Bad Sir Fluffy.
Utterly humiliated lion proceeds to growl in impotence as it halfheartedly swipes at its tormentor. Eventually she takes it inside and feeds it some tuna. All is forgiven.
Cats. Big and small they’re all the same.
Of all the savages…. I guess she must love that damned thing, taking such a risk to chase it, and carry it home. I dig it. I’d kill for my kitties.