Carl Akeley posing with the leopard he killed with his bare hands after it attacked him, 1896

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image showing Carl Akeley posing with the leopard he killed with his bare hands after it attacked him, 1896

tjsaccio on January 16th, 2018 at 16:29 UTC »

My grandpa used to start every story with "Back when men were men...". I guess this is what he meant

HTWC on January 16th, 2018 at 16:48 UTC »

Is there anywhere where we can get more of the story? This looks like a good one...

Edit: found it: http://mentalfloss.com/article/80239/time-carl-akeley-killed-leopard-his-bare-hands

rioluxario on January 16th, 2018 at 17:20 UTC »

Actually he shot it twice... and the first time was because he fired into some bushes without knowing what was in them. It didn't attack him until after he shot it.

How many times is this gonna get reposted with the wrong info?