Young Girl Was Beaten And Held Captive Until Three Lions Showed Up
Young Ethiopian girls are often abducted and forced into marriage. But this NBC News story of one particular 12-year-old girl had a happy ending thanks to three lions. A group of seven men had taken the girl with the intention of making her marry one of them.
Little did the abductors know, a group of three lions had been watching over the girl the whole day. <a href=httpswwwflickrcomphotos37149125N048698388318inphotolist efDvNo nzKVar jCQRvS 7JjAc8 jMuvoT KEtFu qR9fnt KEtFG 2nQHGo cjudpm 4gfjyf 914qsy KEtFJ 4wgRFb 7ynExP AG73D bgGV1g fyKhte HmQZG 61DWjw dPSUVh 6a7Phv qJYTpU a8atUd ghXbdc Gskmt fGMNaw jbKmUw 5Ym6Rt bXr6sb aiEphf 5Czdg3 bXrboU fiAwHp ocDu5V qKTDeU nCsori 7Ftb6Q pn49XW jmVe1 tH7kkx jvxbGM hHPJ1b 8tgg7L 7Kz6VH fn9HRm bXZasu i3yCjq ySByoa ryhaCB rel=noopener noreferrer target= blank>Flickr Philippe Rouzet<a>
The lions saw the girl being beaten and charged at the men, chasing them away. <a href=httpswwwflickrcomphotostambako8724663659inphotolist ehYbxv jFSdat qN4qLT jNuuuJ KEtFN 6WvEaw 9Lfujn fG58Le kmcRMg 4Zu4fA izEyJS jFCb9F poKSJa 82iXA1 9j42ku jEzCav 4R4vmm zdRJ6p 7Un2a2 pFYgxH HgKRY s4RfrJ zAsxWg AvAUG nr3DJn q52muq Sun72 jP2X4V 8WG9Ti zwMC71 qYs9r9 KHxhw eiBLGr 7RrKFY h1GBv4 9tvv5Y 9BZX9u nYQTL5 bdUjQt FTdBX 6z7AGF 7RouX6 9cHF9H 8xYnkT oY5xd8 5jgiCi 6WrMC2 eiyBCw i5yzJJ pgym4H rel=noopener noreferrer target= blank>Flickr Tambako The Jaguar<a>
The magnificent beasts proceeded to stand guard and protect the girl until the police arrived to find her. <a href=httpswwwflickrcomphotoswwarby3303430412inphotolist 62UWLL pd35F2 9BZWru crVXdS 7dhGV4 9BZWUE kh9erv odDZYE ne6jsN zhgqgF xLpLh1 92qcbY q28FJa cEVfjq hS9Hix 6WvzvY oxRHEK fyowFc 3pr4Tm kfBDwb KHKke 775our 9scDJT 6WrSag 2GMo5H gHWCd 7UnP4P m6Nws of18Qt 2USNJu D2pAE 8ytZZf 6WrBek 62QGYc 9iZTdM daavft buyPsh yNdbyk nXNLX1 5RxXRU dzxxD9 7RrKtJ HzbYd 5nqCr tLL8V d28Ur g8zoto nZy8Q6 fnvANn vdgWZZ rel=noopener noreferrer target= blank>Flickr William Warby<a>
“They stood guard until we found her, and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest,” a police investigator told NBC News.
According to a wildlife expert, the girl may have been saved because she was crying.
“A young girl whimpering could be mistaken for the mewing sound from a lion cub, which in turn could explain why they didn’t eat her,” said Stuart Williams.
The girl had to be treated for cuts from her beatings but was lucky to have three guardian angels watching over her that day.
Mother nature and the animal kingdom never cease to amaze.
