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Bloody end to Christian challenge in the lions' den
(Filed: 04/11/2004)
A man "with psychological problems" leapt into the lions' den at Taipei zoo yesterday to try to convert the king of beasts to Christianity.
He was bitten on the leg and arm for his efforts.
The intruder approaching the lions at Taipei zoo
"Jesus will save you!" the 46-year-old man shouted at two lions lounging under a tree a few yards away at Taiwan's main zoo.
"Come bite me!" he shouted, with both hands raised. And they did. Without panicking, the man fell back on a stone ridge, as one lion jumped at him, biting him in the arm. It then clawed at his trousers before retreating in a scene captured by television news cameras.
Guards and other zoo workers were alerted by the crowd and drove the lions away with water hoses.
Police shot the animals with tranquilliser darts.
The man, identified only by his surname, Chen, then calmly picked up his jacket and climbed out of the pen. He was taken to hospital for tests. "He had bite marks both at the front and back of his leg," Dr Wang Yao-ching said.
Teng Hui-wen, a psychiatrist, said Chen had psychological problems.
"He took this dangerous action today because he imagined he heard voices," Dr Teng said.
Last night Chen was under observation in hospital.