Man wrestles leopard in his underwear

[Queasy]

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JERUSALEM (AP) - A man clad only in underwear and a T-shirt wrestled a wild leopard to the floor and pinned it for 20 minutes after the cat leapt through a window of his home and hopped into bed with his sleeping family.

"This kind of thing doesn't happen every day," said 49-year-old Arthur Du Mosch, a nature guide. "I don't know why I did it. I wasn't thinking, I just acted."

Raviv Shapira, who heads the southern district of the Israel Nature and Parks Protection Authority, said a half dozen leopards have been spotted recently near Du Mosch's small community of Kibbutz Sde Boker in the Negev desert in southern Israel, although they rarely threaten humans.

Shapira said it was probably food that lured the big cat. Leopards living near humans are usually too old to hunt in the wild and resort to chasing down domestic dogs and cats for food, he added.

Du Mosch's pet cat was in the bed with him at the time, along with his young daughter who had been frightened by a mosquito in her own room.

Shapira said the leopard was very weak when park rangers arrived at Du Mosch's home after the surprise late-night visit. He said nature officials would likely release it back into the wild.

Du Mosch said he probably would not have been able to control the big cat were it in better health. As a nature guide, he said, he was familiar with animals and did his best to hold down the leopard without harming it. He said he took it all in stride, "but the kids were excited."

 

[rivan]

Wow.


...just wow.

 

[ThePresence]

The kids were excited.

 

[Queasy]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
The kids were excited.

After being frightened by a mosquito.

That's kids for you.

 

[Canai]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: ThePresence
The kids were excited.

After being frightened by a mosquito.

That's kids for you.

:laugh:

 

[ElFenix]

scared by a mosquito, so she jumps in bed with a leopard :laugh:

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
scared by a mosquito, so she jumps in bed with a leopard :laugh:

I think it was the leopard that jumped into bed with her.

 

[paulxcook]

Imagine that guys' kid. No stupid kid at school could top your "my dad beat up a leopard" story.

 

[effowe]

Wait, so there was a leopard in his underwear? Ouch.

 

[Fritzo]

I bet his underwear were spotted more than the leopard after he woke up

Actually the poor thing was starving to death and came into the town looking for food. It was so weak it was able to be subdued. Hear about it on the news this morning.

 

[theprodigalrebel]

Tough dude. Sissy kid.

 

[SirStev0]

Originally posted by: ThePresence
The kids were excited.

haha

 

[ViviTheMage]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: ThePresence
The kids were excited.

After being frightened by a mosquito.

That's kids for you.

they just wanted some love from the rents


man...wonder what it'd be like to live in Israel!

 

[CPA]

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: ThePresence
The kids were excited.

After being frightened by a mosquito.

That's kids for you.

lol

 

[ThePresence]

Originally posted by: ViviTheMage

Originally posted by: Queasy

Originally posted by: ThePresence
The kids were excited.

After being frightened by a mosquito.

That's kids for you.

they just wanted some love from the rents


man...wonder what it'd be like to live in Israel!

I lived in Israel.
Never seen a leopard outside a zoo.
This is not the norm.