Man awakened by leopard - wrestles it out of his bed


	Man awakened by leopard - wrestles it out of his bed

traviscrocker

5-30-2007 11:52 PM

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scary, surprise, quick thinking

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5-31-2007 12:11 AM

_Bane_

now that is a man's man. He not only wrestled a leopard to the ground but he managed to do it without hurting the animal.

I don't care how old that leopard was that is awesome.

6-1-2007 12:08 AM

enbar

"The kids were excited."

I'll bet.

6-1-2007 12:47 AM

fudzzz

Whoosa pooky wooky little leopardy weapardy!

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