On a Donkey with a Lion on a Sunny Day

Okay, okay... It's not quite as spectacular as Mark Batterson's In a Pit with a Lion on a Snowwy Day (which, if you haven't already read it, you should immediately order yourself a copy and enjoy this great book!). Still, it's a pretty amazing news story. Makes you wonder what you would do in the same situation... that, and perhaps rethink that upcoming Acupulco vacation you were dreaming of...

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ACAPULCO, Mexico - A Mexican woman said she fought a 500-pound lion with a machete near the resort city of Acapulco and scared him away. Celsa Aleman said she and her 7-year-old niece were riding a donkey Monday along a road when the lion went after the animal's legs.

The 35-year-old woman says she found the courage to fight the lion because she thought it would attack her niece. She hit the animal with a machete until the beast ran away. Aleman and her niece were unharmed.

The state government said in a statement that the lion had escaped from a private zoo owned by a former local congressman. It said the animal killed two dogs and ate a pig before it was sedated and taken back to the zoo.

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