Man, lion startle each other as they come face to face in Gujarat's Junagadh; video amuses netizens
Shared by Susanta Nanda, a retired IFS officer, the viral video shows the man casually walking out of the factory's premises. At the same time, a lion happens to be approaching from another direction – their view of each other blocked by what appears to be a guard's room.
Just as they both turn the corner, they come face-to-face and panic, running away from each other the same instant. 'Worker of the cement factory at Junagarh & a free roaming lion accidentally meet each other. Both panic. You have just witnessed the rare reverse chase,' Nanda wrote on X.
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Worker of the cement factory at Junagarh & a free roaming lion accidentally meet each other. Both panic.
You have just witnessed the rare reverse chase 😀 pic.twitter.com/W4ps2NJl0S
— Susanta Nanda IFS (Retd) (@susantananda3) August 10, 2025
The video quickly went viral, garnering an array of reactions. 'Think he never got cautious despite dogs giving those warnings and alarm calls. A lesson for life probably. Dogs they give amazing alarm calls in the night and especially for leopards. One ought to keep the guard and vigil around any such abnormal behaviour of these Mongrels and Strays, especially around wilderness,' a user wrote. 'That's because humans are in their zones,' another commented.
'We give them more reasons to be afraid of us, no wonder she ran away,' a third user reacted.
In another bizarre incident, a woman in Rajasthan tied a Rakhi to a leopard. According to reports, the leopard has been frequently spotted in the area over the past few days and has been showing signs of aggression. Local residents claimed it often wandered into the village and appeared unusually fearless of humans.
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