Today I learned that 10dailythings.com is apparently a repository for underage retards.

My favorite bit of genius thus far?

“I hate to say, but it is real. It really did happen. I also saw the footage in the seventies in an Italian Documentary at the cinema.”

hahahahaha. Yeah, that 70′s Italian Documentary you saw in the grindhouse theatre? That was a mondo film, ie- a “shockumentary” featuring staged footage for shock value. Explicit sex, nudity or violence was illegal in US films in the 70s unless it could be argued that it was for educational or documentary purposes as opposed to simply being for perverted titilation purposes, the so-called “prurient interest”.

Thus, even if they had not wanted to (which of course they did), mondo filmmakers were forced to present all of their footage as real because admitting they had staged any of the gory scenes would be proving to the government that the film was not actually trying to educationally document a real event and was just an excuse to for weirdos to watch stuff die on screen, even if it didn’t actually die, if you get my point.

What this means was that not only was it the director’s goal to make the staged scenes as believably realistic as possible, it was also in his best interests if he wanted to get the film approved as a documentary in the US. The exploitation film directors turned this into an art form; the Guinea Pig torture/gore films, for instance, are shockingly realistic if you don’t know how to spot the low-budget slip ups. Fooled Charlie Sheen and (briefly) the Japanese government, anyway.

Go read the Snopes thread, and re-watch the video while noticing all the inconsistencies and crafty editing techniques. Learn how these guys did it. Only then will you actually learn something from this.

And for the love of shit, all you idiots going “OMG TEH LION 8 HIM”, turn on your fucking common sense detectors, please.

of course it’s fake you gullible morons. Try Google and do some research, you’re already on the internet.

Many, many people insist that this video must be fake, and actually, it is.

The story is that this is a very famous video that was taken in the mid-1970′s in Africa on a safari. The tourist was apparently from London. It was entered as evidence in a court case. The insurance company used this tape evidence in court to deny the life insurance claim for the guy. They argued that the man engaged in “gross stupidity” and therefore they were not on the line for payout.

In truth, this video is fake. It is said to have occurred in Wallasee National Park in Angola in the mid-70′s. There is no such place in Angola or anywhere in Africa.

The “attack victim” is named Pit Dernitz, and he has his own IMDB entry for this video. He is a very famous lion trainer.

This clip was taken from an Italian Mondo film called Ultime Grida Dalla Savana, which contains many similar clips.

This film was never entered into any court case.

Looks like shit. I have seen few fakes crappier than this. Not that I am again lions eating poeple.. but this is just plain crap. And I guess the lions would have beenr throwing the fuck out after eating such a piece of shit human…

Lol,you must be the biggest idiot,or you must live in the serengety park cause if i see lions outside my car i wouldnt get out,you know what if i see pitbulls i wont get out

Just to let you all know this was an actualk attack. Unfirtunaely or Fortunate for some not all of the film was released. It was my Grandfather whom took the footage in the 3rd car.

This is NOT REAL. It is from a Mundo movie called Savage Man Savage Beast. It is obviously staged. Notice the playful acting lions, nobody taking action, shots of baby crying etc..