OFF TOPIC JUST FOR FUN BUT SLIGHTLY RELATED

[David]

Originally Posted by VANDOO

NO DOUBT THE STORIES SPREAD MUCH FARTHER THAN THE LIONS RANGE AND THE FARTHER AWAY IT WENT THE MORE MAJECTIC AND FEARSOME ITS REPUTATION BECAME. EVEN HERCULES FOUGHT A LION AND AS AMERICA HAD NO LIONS DAVY CROCKET HAD TO KILL HIM A BEAR WHEN HE WAS ONLY THREE. GOOD OLD LEGENDS ARE OFT REPEATED IN MANY CULTURES AND BECOME A PART OF ITS ART AS WELL.

Barry, there certainly are lions in the Americas, the mountain lion, also known as the cougar, and supposedly Davy Crockett did fight one, though given the amount of legend piled upon this historical character we can probably all be a little skeptical about this encounter.