in state of ohio, most creatures, great and small, could be bought legally. i met marion and terry at an exotic animal auction. i believe terry bought a lion, a baby lion. that s when i first met them. they asked me a lot of questions on thousand to raise them and what to do. i said what in the h, ll do you want that thing for, man? i said, it s going to eat your horses. that s the first thing i told him. ohio was one of seven states in america with few, if any restrictions on the ownership of exotic pets. terry thompson was allowed to collect as many dangerous animals as he wanted. he had one lion. the next thing you know there was five. then there was ten. don t know where he found them all. i have no idea. as you can see in this bizarre online photographed.
i was very upset at that point because i knew there was some type of either premeditated means for the animals to get out, or a setup to have someone injured from this. all the sudden this lioness starts going right out us. she s not running, but she s pouncing. i can see her paws hit the ground and she s pouncing, and her shoulder blades pop up out of her back, and she gets all the way to the chain link, and as soon as she gets there we just start unloading rounds. i can remember shell cases hitting off hi made. i m putting as many rounds as i can until the lion is completely motionless. we realize that we can t secure these cages. all the animals that we took the time to secure the doors, they re not secure. they called again to say that the cages had been cut open. the chain link was destroyed,
i pulled up over to the right there, there was a lion lying down in the grass. here to the left, there was a black bear, and i remember i thought that bear could get out of that any time it wanted to. there s a lock on the gate, so i m guessing nobody is home. if you haven t already done so, see if we have any phone numbers for terry thompson. see if we can get ahold of him. the first thing i thought of was, okay, this is bad, but it s manageable. hello. please lev a message after the tone. hi, terry. this is the sheriff s office. we are trying to get ahold of you. there s a bear and lion running loose down by your house. give us a call. we ll find terry, get the animals back in, i ll finish my coffee and go on with my shift. but wasn t to be.
before i become the lion s breakfast. charlie doesn t realize how accurate he is. turned up at the lion handler s cage and there was a lion that looked enormous. i said that s not a baby. he said it s called baby lion. that s his name. charlie decides that despite his doubts, the shoot must go on especially after being reassured by the lion handler. i wasn t sure whether i should go in. you see the sign, prowling up and downpouring at the cage. i spoke to the lion handler. he s raised lions and leopards and hyenas. he said it s safe. i ve got control over it. i can tell if it s in a bad mood and if it is i wouldn t let you in. right before charlie steps into the cage, the lion handler gives him some unsettling advice. he says, if anything goes wrong, you can t run and you have to try to look like you re not scared. in i went and the door closed behind me. at first i was there crouching down stroking the lion and it s sort of poring at me a bit. scratch the lion s belly.
i thought it would be great, really great. we re just off to get breakfast before i become the lion s breakfast. charlie doesn t realize how accurate he is. turns out at the lion handler s cage and there was a lion that looked enormous. i said that s not a baby. he said it s called baby lion. that s his name. charlie decides that despite his doubts, the shoot must go on especially after being reassured by the lion handler. i wasn t sure whether i should go in. you see the sign, prowling up and pawing at the cage. i spoke to the lion handler. he s raised lions and leopards and hyenas. he said it s safe. i ve got control over it. i can tell if it s in a bad mood and if it is i wouldn t let you in. but right before charlie steps into the cage, the lion handler gives him some unsettling advice. the lion handler says if anything goes wrong, you can t run, and you have to try not to look like you re scared. in i went and the door closed behind me. at first i was there crouching