In 2005, a 12-year-old Ethiopian girl was abducted and beaten by several men. The men were trying to force the girl into marriage. The United Nations says abductions, which lead to marriage, are rife in rural areas where the majority of Ethiopians live.
The young girl had been missing for a week when authorities found her. Apparently, three lions came to her rescue and chased her abductors away.
The lions surrounded the young girl and kept guard over her for at least a day before police found her. One policeman said, “They stood guard until we found her and then they just left her like a gift and went back into the forest.”
An Ethiopian wildlife expert said the lions may have spared the girl because her crying may have sounded like the mewing sound from a lion cub.
I really didn’t think this story was real, but after some research… it definitely happened.