- Christian the lion hugging his previous owners after one year of living on his own in the wild
Although John Rendall and Anthony Bourke’s story contains two people, and a lion for that matter, it is truly a remarkable one. Therefore it definitely does fake and not true. After doing previous research i for one can tell you that this is a completely true event. There are many biography based web pages about this story, along with many videos documenting it.
John Rendall and Anthony Bourke purchased a lion from a department store located in London in 1969. They brought him back home to their apartment in Australia. This is where John, Anthony, and their wives cared for the animal almost constantly. After two quick years of rapid growth and development, they realized that they needed to make a change. They did not have the personnel, time, money, or even space for a creature this large. Their only option was to contact a man that they had met in Europe by the name of George Adamson. Adamson was the assistant at Kora National Park in Kenya, Africa. He agreed to help reintegrate Christian into his natural habitat. “He fit right in” said Adamson to his owners over the phone. John and Anthony were relieved that their lion that they had raised since childhood was safe in its own environment.
As a year passed since Rendall and Bourke had seen Christian, they began to wonder. They called Adamson and asked how Christian was doing and if he had seen him lately. He said he was doing great. They were thrilled but at the same time missed him greatly. because they didn’t know much about lions, they asked George if he thinks that Christian would remember them. He said definitely not, and that their brains can only remember details such as looks and personalities for a few weeks at the most. Rendall and Bourke refused to let it go and insisted on going to the reserve, tracking down Christian’s pride, and seeing for themselves whether or not their lion remembered them.
After hours of tracking and hiking, they finally found the pride that contained Christian. Rendall and Bourke walked slowly but confidently not knowing what to expect. Out of all the lions in the pride Christian stood up and began walking towards them. Then he jogged, and then ran. He ran up to them and jumped onto his hind legs to hug them. Many hugs and kisses were shared in this meeting. John and Anthony followed Christain around for the day and hung out with him. They left after one day. They were confident that their Christian had remembered them and is in a safe environment.
This story can be seen here!!!
