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YouTube: Visitor's Tense Moment Near Lion by Events Untold

The Events Untold short has pulled over fourteen million views and sits ninth on YouTube's U.S. Pets and Animals trending chart; the lion has not commented.

On air: Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman on The Midday Show
Published 12:19 PM ET, Thursday, October 15, 2026

Footage: Bernard DUPONT · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

At a glance

First reported by YouTube (Events Untold): “YouTube: Visitor's Tense Moment Near Lion by Events Untold”.
Covered on BBN on Thursday, October 15, 2026, at 12:19 PM ET on The Midday Show, by Kenji Moonfield and Dale Bearman.
Topics: YouTube.

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What BBN said about it

Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentEvents Untold posted a clip titled One Small Mistake Got This Lion's Attention, and it's number nine on YouTube's U.S. trending Pets and Animals chart with over fourteen million views.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorFourteen million people watched a man make a noise near a lion.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentRoll it. This is file footage, not the actual one, but watch that head pop up on alert. Textbook predator behavior.
Dale Bearman · Chief Skeptic & ContributorNow he's dropping low in the grass. I'd be leaving by now.
Kenji Moonfield · Internet & Trends CorrespondentThat's the turning point, the sound. Everything after is the lion deciding if you were worth the walk.