Camper wakes up to lions licking tent – see the video

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Tourist gets a tongue-lashing from big cats

Tourist Francie Francisca Lubbe woke up while on a camping trip in Botswana to find three lionesses licking water off the outside of her tent. The South African was in the Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park. The lionesses then wandered around before retreating back into the surrounding wilderness. Lubbe posted a video online showing her close encounter. [[{"type":"media","view_mode":"content_original","fid":"95304","attributes":{"class":"media-image"}}]]

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'High sheep' go on rampage

A county councillor from the village of Craig Cefn Parc, in Wales, has issued a warning to local residents after sheep were spotted feeding on the remains of a "cannabis factory" dumped by the side of the road. "There is already a flock of sheep roaming the village causing a nuisance," said Ioan Richard. "They are getting in people's gardens and one even entered a bungalow and left a mess in the bedroom. I dread to think what will happen if they eat what could well be cannabis plants – we could have an outbreak out of psychotic sheep rampaging through the village."

Texan hacks roadside message board

A Texan man has been arrested after he was spotted breaking into a roadside electronic message board and changing the sign to read: "Drive crazy, y'all!" Geoffrey Eltgroth, 26, told police he was able to guess the username and password on the device and changed the text because he thought it was funny. He has been charged with criminal mischief.