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Lions missed out on a roast dinner

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OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 19 Apr 2014 14:40

A family was left with nowhere to run when their car caught fire - in the lion enclosure at Longleat Safari Park.

Rangers managed to rescue a woman and two children from the vehicle before it burst into flames.

Visitor George Lear, who saw the drama unfold, said: "The lions just kept their distance and didn't take their eyes off the fire and smoke.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-wiltshire-27078566

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"

Island

Island Report 19 Apr 2014 14:51

I read this earlier. Worst nightmare!

OneFootInTheGrave

OneFootInTheGrave Report 19 Apr 2014 15:23

It must have been a frightening experience for the occupants of the car, if your car goes on fire that can be quite alarming on its own, but to be in the lion enclosure when it occurred, is not something I would want to experience, I found it scary enough when the monkeys tried to wrench the roof bars of my Freelander the last time I went to Longleat :-(

Researching:
I am researching the Wotherspoon family from the Old/New Monkland areas of Scotland, some moved to the Leslie and Kelty areas of Fife and I'm having problems linking the Wotherspoon's from Leslie and the Wotherspoon's from Kelty. I am also researching the Clusker family from Co. Meath in Ireland who moved to West Lothian and from there to Fife............"Vita non est vivere sed valere vita est"