'Help! Lion!' Turns out it was just a shopping bag

'Help! Lion!' Turns out it was just a shopping bag

Residents of Meru in Kenya panicked when they spotted a lion hiding in a nearby bush and called the Kenya Wildlife Service for assistance.

Panic in Kenyan village over ‘stray lion’ in bushes, turns out it was a shopping bag

Residents of a village in Kenya got the heebie-jeebies after a ‘stray lion’ was spotted in the bushes. It turned out to be nothing more than a shopping bag.

Kenyan villagers call authorities over 'hiding lion', turns out to be a shopping bag

To be frank, looking at how the picture peeped from behind a hedge, one would be forgiven to misconstrue it to be an actual animal out for a hunt