[barend]

Lion Mutilates 42 Midgets in Cambodian Ring-Fight

Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against African Lion

Tickets had been sold-out three weeks before the much anticipated fight, which took place in the city of Kâmpóng Chhnãng.

The fight was slated when an angry fan contested Yang Sihamoni, President of the CMFL, claiming that one lion could defeat his entire league of 42 fighters.

Sihamoni takes great pride in the league he helped create, as was conveyed in his recent advertising campaign for the CMFL that stated his midgets will "... take on anything; man, beast, or machine."

This campaign is believed to be what sparked the undisclosed fan to challenge the entire league to fight a lion; a challenge that Sihamoni readily accepted.

An African Lion (Panthera Leo) was shipped to centrally located Kâmpóng Chhnãng especially for the event, which took place last Saturday, April 30, 2005 in the city’s coliseum.

The Cambodian Government allowed the fight to take place, under the condition that they receive a 50% commission on each ticket sold, and that no cameras would be allowed in the arena.

The fight was called in only 12 minutes, after which 28 fighters were declared dead, while the other 14 suffered severe injuries including broken bones and lost limbs, rendering them unable to fight back.

Sihamoni was quoted before the fight stating that he felt since his fighters out-numbered the lion 42 to 1, that they “… could out-wit and out-muscle [it].”

Unfortunately, he was wrong.

BBC article

42 Barends Maybe...
42 midgets? not even slighly...

There's a reason these things are the kings of the jungle!!!

there is footage on the net from and old doco, where a tiger jumps on the back of a crocodile and kicks it's ass...

honestly... when will people learn? Don't fuck with animals that weight over 6 times more than you...

This post has been edited by barend: 16 May 2005 - 03:29 AM

[Mnesymone]

HA! Bloody Hell thats gutbustingly funny... that just totally rocks - a midget fighting league going in a rumble against a lion and having their butts handed to them on a platter... err - the 28 'dead' midgets, were they killed or just put out of the fight? Cause otherwise some very brave midgets died for a pretty shonky cause.

"when will people learn? Don't fuck with animals that weight over 6 times more than you..."

more than that, cause they was midgets.

[Laughlyn]

This 'news story' is destined to go down as one of the nets greatest hoaxes, alongside what's in marcel wallace's briefcase, and the one about pop rocks.

Heh, but 40 midgets vs a lion.....Bloody class

[J m HofMarN]

wow. I'm glad this article is around to raise awareness.

of what I have no idea, but its definately raising awareness.

[barend]

This 'news story' is destined to go down as one of the nets greatest hoaxes...

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dude, i've seen footage of a woman breast feeding a lion cub, a man trying to convert a bengal tiger to christianity by walking into its den, and many other crazy happenings...

this is no more a clever a hoax than telling someone that their mother called while they were out even though she didn't...

it's quite beleivable all things considered...

and this is a BBC article...

[Chyld]

Dearie me, I'd be absolutly horrified, if the idea of 42 midgets fighting a lion didn't sound so theoretically hilarious.

And a Midget Fighting League? I'll bet he's steamed that his entire league is rendered... incapacitated. Idiot.

[barend]

if nothing else... i'm convinced now, when it comes time to fill the pit with a group of creatures to dwell below the trap door in my proposed study and confrontation room...

the creature of choice will now be lion.

[SimeSublime]

Well, at least you can cross midgets off your list of things to worry about. But you're leaving yourself open to 19th centurary british hunters!

[Laughlyn]

and this is a BBC article...

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Nothing like riding off the back of Britians respectable journalists to add some credibility. The authors sources will probably turn up dead in the woods somewhere.....

[Slade]

Either way, this is both the most disgusting (It's like going back to the fucking colloseum of ancient Greco-Roman times), and awesome (It's 42 midgets willingly giving up their lives for something so dumb). But that's about as BBC as this...

It's on a tripod page... Aren't we only supposed to put up real crappy news, not fake crap?

[Mnesymone]

Bloody hell thats strange... still - the question as to whether the midgets died or not is still unanswered - were they just beaten to a pulp or were they actually killed.

And as for animals to keep under my throne room a la rancors and sharks with laser beams - I'm going wolverines. Nasty little blighters they are - I've seen a wolverine munch on a bears butt while the bear tried to climb up a tree screaming in pain... in fact, a spring-loaded wolverine gun would be a great anti-burglar weapon, though quolls, badgers and the occasional mongoose can be just as good in a pinch.

[floppydisk]

Bloody hell thats strange... still - the question as to whether the midgets died or not is still unanswered - were they just beaten to a pulp or were they actually killed.

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What do you think they mean by 'dead'? No, they mean hurt, but they said dead. And let me state that this article is even better than the exploding whale. I mean, 42 midgets versus a lion? That's hardcore! I would pay a month's salary to see that.

[barend]

i went back to the original link...

it actually says BBC fake edition.

so right you are.... but it is a lame hoax. a good hoax is when you convince people to beleive in something unbelievable...

like i said before... this nestles in nicely between the lions den evangelist, and the breats feeding lion cub woman, which are both true...

hmmm... oh well i guess i got burnt...
next i'll be fooled into believing that paris hiltons favorite color is purple instaed of mauve...

bravo.


still.... good story. (best one we've had)

[Laughlyn]

Aye, If only you hadn't included a link, none of us would have been any the wiser.

[barend]

oh well...

so i suppose know the conversation is going to end...

you hyporcrits!!! you wouldn't stop having sex with a woman if you found out her breasts were fake!