With a 300lb lion in the offing, the couple visiting the safari park could at least console themselves that they had the protection of their car. They watched in glee as the big cat padded up to their white Toyota. Then fascination turned to terror as the creature calmly took the rear door handle between its teeth ... and pulled it open. Crazy! Isn't it?!
For several seconds the car remained immobile as its occupants sat in stunned disbelief. Then the driver pulled away, with the lion in hot pursuit. It chased its quarry all the way to the gates, where a game warden threw a stone to shoo it back into the enclosure.
Fiuuuu! That was close!
The drama was played out at Lion Safari Park in Johannesburg, South Africa, and captured on camera by British tourist Richard Holden, who was in the car behind.
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