OK....I'm a Mess Now!!!

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 4:41pm

Christian the Lion- Reunion!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zVNTdWbVBgc

[Weez]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 4:52pm

That's sweet! I think the video has been put together naffly, but how can you not love the lion remembering and being so pleased to see them? :3

Also, your avatar is VERY hot. :3

[kec]

Posted: 6/27/08 at 6:00pm

I'm a mess too! That was terrific!

[xxnewgirlxx]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 7:02pm

I am so freaking obsessed with this. I can't stop watching it. I need help. I even bought the documentary on Amazon.

[DayDreamer]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 7:06pm

I was a mess when I first saw it. Thankfully we can't stream video at work anymore ...

[StockardFan]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 7:07pm

I saw this a few days ago, and they had the two guys on the Today show today. It is really touching.

[SueleenGay]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 10:39pm

Aw, so cute. Did they ever get that one guy's face sewn back on?

Who else misses Sigfried and Roy? And Steve Irwin?

[PalJoey]

Posted: 7/30/08 at 11:48pm

Here's a longer version of the story...set to Whitney Houston's "And I Will Always Love You"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=adYbFQFXG0U

[broadway86]

Posted: 7/31/08 at 1:15am

One of the most unexpectedly touching things EVER.

[blueroses]

Posted: 7/31/08 at 1:21am

I don't cry easily but this really got to me. Beautiful!

[StockardFan]

Posted: 7/31/08 at 8:26am

The first time I saw it, I expected it to be a joke and the lion was going to maul the guys.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/31/08 at 9:15am

There's a similiar one about a woman who had a lion cub that she had released to a zoo or something. When she goes to visit up he jumps up and hugs her like this one did.

I'd never seen this one before. It's really heartwarming.

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 7/31/08 at 9:22am

i still prefer this one. but ya gotta watch the whole thing.
battle at kruger

[smartpenguin78]

Posted: 7/31/08 at 9:26am

So is the point of this to raise dangerous exotic animals in your home?
Or is it to randomly walk up to lions and see if they hug you?

[papalovesmambo]

Posted: 7/31/08 at 9:29am

how dare you belittle this beautiful moment, smarty!

something like this is only rivaled by the bond that was shared by timothy treadwell and his bears. right up until they ate him and his girlfriend.

[Phyllis Rogers Stone]

Posted: 7/31/08 at 9:31am

Ha.

I still found it touching, but I wouldn't rush out to raise a lion of my own. Unless is was Ben Lyons.

Posted: 7/31/08 at 11:32am

I spent way too many hours watching Born Free as a child.

[shh282]

Posted: 8/1/08 at 1:02am

My mom just sent me this - it was fantastic to see

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 8/1/08 at 11:25am

Here's another clip...different music....but includes some footage of Christian prior to his release in the wild.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 8/1/08 at 12:30pm

those 2 guys were really hot. I luvs my 1970s dudes. Are they a coupla do ya think?

[Jonny boy]

Posted: 8/1/08 at 12:42pm

That is possibly the sweetest thing I have ever seen!!!!

Posted: 8/1/08 at 1:12pm

There is talk on Towleroad about them being a couple but no confirmation yet.

[blueroses]

Posted: 8/1/08 at 1:16pm

I read that they were friends who raised the cub for a year with their girlfriends.

[Chevstriss]

Posted: 8/1/08 at 1:23pm

any current pics of these guys? that clip is 36 yrs old.

[WindyCityActor]

Posted: 8/1/08 at 1:27pm

Sorry, I forgot to post the link!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiGKWoJi5qM