Christian the Lion
If you haven't heard the story or watched the video about Christian the Lion, get ready to be totally blown away. Especially if you're an animal lover.
Briefly, these two hippies men bought a baby cub from Harrods Department Store in London in 1969 and brought it home to live with them.
Well, just like that waterbed your parents bought in 1969, this too turned out to be not such a great idea. Within a year their cute little cub, Christian, weighed 189 lbs, probably wasn't housebroken, and couldn't live in the city any longer.
They release Christian the Lion in Africa and then returned to see him a year later. This is their story, told by those wise old sages YouTube and Aerosmith.
Isn't that remarkable? I think so, too. What they didn't show in the video is all of them sitting down for afternoon tea and biscuits later that day. Just kidding.
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When i saw this for the first time I cried my eyes out.
Posted by: Mental P Mama | December 03, 2008 at 02:22 PM
This brings tears to my eyes everytime I watch it. So great.
Yeah, what does Steven Tyler have to do with this anyway???? Not his SORT of cat.....meow*
Posted by: Suz | December 03, 2008 at 03:51 PM
I am crying.
Man I love the cats. All of them. Big. Little. All of them.
Even the fact that these guys loved this cat so much they HAD to go back to see it.
This is amazing. I am sending this link to everyone. If they don't cry-then i will know they are dead inside.
Posted by: The Glamorous Life | December 03, 2008 at 03:56 PM
I loved this so much. Cats are wonderful,amazing creatures...but those owners are people worth knowing. The best!
Thanks for sharing this.
Posted by: Carolyn | December 03, 2008 at 04:45 PM
This is incredible!! Although I have to admit, when the lion jumped up on them and was nuzzling their faces, I had two primary thoughts:
1- Wow. It would be so easy for him to kill them. Just one turn of the head and BAM!
2- I wonder what lion smells like?
Posted by: Jessica | December 03, 2008 at 05:02 PM
When my sis sent me this clip way back when, I seriously choked up. Such a cute story!
Posted by: Dorkys | December 03, 2008 at 05:13 PM
It made me cry too. I'm a big time cat lover and miss my old kitty that I had for 20 years. My new dog kind of looks like a lion.
Posted by: Brain Bunnies | December 03, 2008 at 06:02 PM
So now I am so teary eyed I can hardly read to spell check!!!! I love animals!!!!! And some people say animals can't love, or even have feelings! Pish-Tosh to them!!!
Thank you so much for this post! You made my day!!!
Posted by: Predo | December 03, 2008 at 06:03 PM
The first time I saw this video, I cried. Seriously. And now I get all teary every time I see it again. Thanks for the touching reminder. Seriously.
Posted by: MommyTime | December 03, 2008 at 06:08 PM
I can finally type a comment now that I have quit crying!! That is SO awesome! The music was all it took to send me over the edge.
Posted by: Big Hair Envy | December 04, 2008 at 08:19 AM
I know, how much do you love this? It makes even the most reluctant animal lover melt just a little bit. OK, a lot.
Posted by: Meg | December 04, 2008 at 07:32 PM
"Within a year their cute little cub, Christian, weighed 189 lbs, probably wasn't housebroken, and couldn't live in the city any longer."
I am impressed -- it took ME 25 years. :)
Posted by: foolery | December 05, 2008 at 05:27 PM