http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20050622/od_nm/kenya_leopard_dc;_ylt=AmeMqbw4zoLTXXE43E5AuRCs0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA3NW1oMDRpBHNlYwM3NTc-"It let out a blood-curdling snarl that made the birds stop chirping," he told the daily Standard newspaper of how the leopard came at him and knocked him over.
The leopard sank its teeth into the farmer's wrist and mauled him with its claws. "A voice, which must have come from God, whispered to me to drop the panga (machete) and thrust my hand in its wide open mouth. I obeyed," M'Mburugu said.
As the leopard was dying, a neighbor heard the screams and arrived to finish it off with a machete.
M'Mburugu was toasted as a hero in his village Kihato after the incident earlier this month. He was also given free hospital treatment by astonished local authorities.