...truth is stranger than fiction. I am absolutely not making this up:
Spectators cheered as entire Cambodian Midget Fighting League squared off against an 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 midgets.
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 fighting midgets out-numbered the lion 42 to 1, that they “… could out-wit and out-muscle [it].” Unfortunately, he was wrong.
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When I try to read your source, the computer here at the hospital reads:
"Gritman computers are intended for business purposes only. See Policy xxxx"
Hmmmmm. I can't think of anything more serious than a country endorsing the public slaughtering of midgets by local wildlife for its own profit. Serious business.
I'll have to take it up with the director.
What a tragedy. What kind of a view of reality would dare to allow such a despicable event to occur.
luckily, this is not a real news article, but rather a website doctored to look like a BBC article. you can google it, there are several hoax-cracking websites that speak on it.
so, there really was no tragedy, just a joke in tragically bad taste. And thank God, i was sick to my stomach when i first read it.
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