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I have come close to being bit by a rattlesnake, a gila monster, a black widow, and a scorpion. I drank the worm once. The smell of tequila makes me nauseous. I have stood on top of a 4,301 m mountain. I have swum through class 3 rapids. I own a large caliber pistol. I once caught a computer hacker that had a government clearance. The soccer team I coach will finish the season with a winning record. One of these statements is a lie. I am not telling which one.
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Ok, this images has been around a bit and everyone likes the lion (by the reviews), but no one knows why the lion is there. Let me edify you. I know. I wasn't there but I know.
Most people think that gladiators faded away with the end of the Roman Empire (except for Russell Crowe and the bad NBC show with foam sticks). Most people also think that animal rights people are a recent phenomenon. Likewise most people would peg roller derby as a uniquely American goofiness. Most people would be wrong on all three accounts. In the late 1930s in the Pyrenees there was a small town of Casi Andorra and it was here that the three disparate parts of history would collide. This sleepy little town was right on the border of Spain and France and was accessible by a very poor road. The Spanish Civil War had completely missed it and the French would visit on alternate saint's days but otherwise days rolled quietly by.
Like many towns in this part of the world there was a bullring. Bullfighting had been a way of life for centuries. But a small woman, Annalese del Monte, had enough and had organized protests against the sport. Protests fell on the deaf ears of the gentlemen of the town until Annalese organized the women into a Lysistrata type campaign (Annalese was very well-read for someone from Casi Andorra). The bullfighting ended within two weeks.
Even though certain entertaining activities had resumed, there was the need to replace the bullfighting. The stadium stood empty. Miguel Geron was a daredevil on a motorcycle and had been driving the locals nuts with his stunts. They let him use the stadium, if only to keep the noise away from everyone else. No one really knows how the sport was formed but other young men started showing up and then some lumber and and other supplies disappeared. Word soon spread that Miguel was riding around a "Wall of Death." The high banked track in the stadium attracted a few interested people and word spread. Now, Annalese was an adventurous woman and she and Miguel would spend time together in the evenings. He had taught her to drive a car but would not let her ride a motorcycle.
About this time the civil war was in the foothills of the Pyrenees and a vicious bombing campaign had let loose the animals of a small zoo. Several animals wandered into town - mostly big cats - a leopard, a tiger and a lion. The townsfolk captured them and began feeding them. Annalese was taken with the lion and soon discovered her skills at lion taming. Miguel, in an attempt to earn his way out of the doghouse for being caught laughing with that hussy, Evita Dela Cuesta, had built a side car for Annalese's car so the lion could be taken for rides. The lion really enjoyed it much like a dog would. Well, being a small town and adventurous young underworked people hanging about, it wasn't long before the lion was riding the Wall of Death.
Now, you might think that the story would end with Annalese, Miguel and the lion running off to the circus but that is not what happened. With too much drinking of the Festival of the Pyrenees Pig, some of the more brazen men developed a game with multiple cars and motorcycles and large cats. The cats would swat at the motorcyclists as they tried to pass each other for points. If the cat caught you and you survived the crash you were out for that game. Now this game drew people from the all over the region. Annalese would not let the lion be used but since the cats were not harmed she really did not have a problem with it. There were only about three seasons of the sport before natural selection eliminated the league's teams. After that the stadium was unused for years before becoming a small nudist camp for a bunch of odd Swiss tourists.
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