Sleepy Meru Village Goes International After Confusing Shopping Bag For Lion

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Residents of Kiangua Location in Meru County exhaled a sigh of relief after finding that the ‘lion’ they had seen was only an image on a Carrefour shopping bag.

They quickly alarmed the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) that a lion had been spotted in the area.

KWS officers rushed to the scene only to find it was shopping bag that had caused tension.

“The administrators in turn called the nearest Kenya Wildlife Service to come and control the animal before it could cause harm to humans and animals,” Eric Kathenya wrote on Facebook.

Not only were the people relieved, but many found the incident amusing and began photographing the bag.

“Rangers from the KWS arrived and prepared to trap the lion. They were persuaded as well that it was the large cat. The penny finally dropped. The lion turned out to be a paper tiger. Hehe… It was an image on a Carrefour grocery bag,” Eric said.

The incident went viral on social media, with hundreds of netizens making jokes about it.

Locals and international news platforms, including the BBC have aired the Hilarious story.

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