“There was a lion that ran across the street. A baby lion. It was about the size of a Labrador retriever,’’ HamptonRoads.com reported one caller telling 911 Tuesday.
“I just saw a baby lion,’’ another anxious caller reported. “I don’t think it has caused any problem so far.”
It turns out that Charles, who enjoys the occasional pizza handout at the parlor near Old Dominion University, belongs to Daniel Painter, who runs a local lawn and garden business.
He had Charles shaved to look like Old Dominion’s costumed lion mascot. (Big Blue)
“I tell people he’s a Lab-a-lion, and half the people believe that,’’ Painter chortled.
**Update -- a zoo in China has tried to fool folks into thinking their dog was a lion.
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