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NATIONAL NEWS AND VIDEOS - A video showing an adult male lion jumping off a moving truck in Bakerville near Lichtenburg in the North West today has attracted huge interest on social media.
Izak du Plessis from Nuuspod shared two videos on Facebook this evening. The first shows the lion standing on top of a moving truck before jumping off and landing clumsily on the road.
The second video, narrated by a woman, shows the lion walking along a fence alongside the road.
The lion does not appear to be injured.
Within a short space of time, the videos attracted over 1 000 views.
Caxton Network News spoke to the man believed to be the owner of the lion. He neither confirmed nor denied that the incident happened, saying that for all he knew, the video was fake.
To get the real story, he advised that the people who took the videos be contacted for more information.
All he would confirm was that his lion was safe in a cage on his farm.
Du Plessis mentioned in his post that the lion had been purchased at an auction in Nylstroom, but Caxton Network News was unable to confirm this.
In the comments sections of Du Plessis’s posts, several people said that the lion had been safely darted and returned to its owner.
This is a developing story.
Watch: Lion jumps off truck
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