Malaysian Woman Uses Wooden Soup Ladle to Rescue Husband From Tiger
- Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:11am by
Jonathon M. Seidl
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KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — A woman in a jungle region of northern Malaysia rescued her husband from a tiger attack by clubbing the beast on its head with a large wooden soup ladle and chasing it away, police said Monday.
The tiger pounced on Tambun Gediu while he was hunting squirrels Saturday near his home in a jungle settlement of the Jahai tribe, a police official in Malaysia’s Perak state said on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to make public statements.
Tambun’s 55-year-old wife, Han Besau, rushed out when she heard his screams and struck the tiger on its head with a kitchen ladle, causing it to flee immediately, the official said.
Tambun was receiving treatment at a hospital for lacerations on his face and legs. He told Malaysian media that he first tried to escape by climbing a tree, but the tiger dragged him down.
“I was terrified and I used all my strength to punch the animal in the face, but it would not budge,” the New Straits Times newspaper quoted him as saying. “I had to wrestle with it to keep its jaws away from me, and it would have clawed me to death if my wife had not arrived.”
Shabrina Shariff, the state’s wildlife department director, told The Star daily that wildlife rangers planned to track down the tiger and chase it deeper into the jungle, where there were no human inhabitants.
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RestoreCapitalism
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 10:49pmThat‘s tellin ’em!
Report Post »epmonroe
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 1:30pmIf she cooks like my wife I wouldn’t get near that spoon either! Deadly indeed! :-)
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Report Post »GODSAMERICA
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 11:34amI bet she thought that tiger tastes just like chicken. The tiger thought that the husband was finger-lickin’ good
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:32amNow that‘s a Valentine’s Day present!
Report Post »MaggieRose
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:53amwooden spoons… not just for raising your kids right! An all purpose tool, indeed!
Report Post »Hoosier
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:49amShould have used a golf club. That would have made more sense.
Report Post »Moment of Clarity
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:40amreminds me of a story about a woman who chased a Tiger with and a golf club :)
Report Post »sissykatz
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 9:05am@moment of clarity Too funny!!! That just fit right in.
Report Post »reckless
Posted on February 17, 2011 at 1:14amMoment of Clarity
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:40am
reminds me of a story about a woman who chased a Tiger with and a golf club :)
Clarity,
Report Post »Next you’re gonna tell me that she used her “Tiger Woods”?
GUT_CHECK
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:18amhappy st. valentines day to them
Report Post »tower7femacamp
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:50amsome things are worth dying for.
Report Post »SilentReader
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:27amIt’s amazing what love will make you do.
Report Post »Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:31amThis story shows just what true love is all about; no fear in the face of danger to another you care that much for…both are blessed to have each other, and the tiger is lucky to have gotten away. Guess a tiger rug for the anniversary will have to wait.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:22am.
Report Post »She must be related to the Housekeeper we had growing up. Beat the crap out of us with a wooden spoon, them call Mon tell her what we did. Get off the phone with Mon with premission to do it again. Oh for the good old days…………
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:29amMy grandpa used to tell me stories of the nun’s in the school he went to as a boy, they did not use a ladel; each teacher carried her own ruler, and the principle would have a special wooden paddle ready to use when needed…and each boy hoped the parents would not also be told as well.
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:03amMy housekeeper, who also helped raise my husband, kept a very large plastic comb in her purse. When that comb came out the kids knew they were in for it! She also had my full permission and I attribute their solid upbringing, in part, to her. Yep, the good old days, “Spare the rod, spoil the child”
Report Post »grandmaof5
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:18amBy the way, she never had to use the comb, they just had to see it coming out of her purse to stop whatever it was they weren’t supposed to do.
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:28am.
Grandma
Wish I could say I never saw the business end of that Wooden Spoon, or her favorite WEPON Fuzzy Slippers with that rock hard bottom.
Report Post »poverty.sucks
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:13amTime for Tiger Soup
Report Post »Independent Tess
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:15amGood for her!!
Report Post »Always fight back and never give up!
Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 7:27amWow, now that is one brave and wonderfull lady; to take on a tiger with nothing more than a soup ladel in hand, and chasing it off…hopefully the tiger has learned that humans are not an easy way to gain a meal; yet I also have to wonder if the tiger itself is old, injured or such to become a man eater in the region.
Report Post »Cemoto78
Posted on February 14, 2011 at 8:35amThose wooden spoons hurt, I was on the receiving end a couple of times when I was a kid from dear old mom, sure made me come around to her way of thinking…..
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