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

blh1003 on January 16th, 2018 at 17:24 UTC »

My cat scratched me once and I cried