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27th Aug 2012

Tweet of the Day: UK police in hunt for lion… well, most of them

Police over in Essex are currently searching for a lion after one was spotted in a field late last night. However, one police officer isn't too sure what’s going on.

Oisin Collins

Police over in Essex are currently searching for a lion after one was spotted in a field late last night. However, one police officer isn’t too sure what’s going on.

When there’s a ferocious lion on the loose it’s kind of nice to know that the police have all the information at hand. However, one bobby in the UK who gave an interview to the BBC was a little uncertain if it was a hoax or not.

Apparently, armed police have been drafted into the area and two police helicopters are searching the area where the animal was spotted. So it seems like there’s an all out hunt for the big cat and that it’s a fairly serious and tense situation, but when someone from the BBC went looking for confirmation, they got this:

It’s nice to know the police are keeping themselves informed…

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