HELPLION NUMBER: “@Alexbarnett77: Reports of a lion on the loose in Essex. If anyone has seen this animal please call 0500 909 693”

Essex police website St Osyth residents advised to stay indoors following reports of lion seen in field

THERE'S A LION IN ST OYSTH!!!  hahahaha

its the lion that needs to be scared!!   

the poke are saying it might be anita dobson lol

OMG GOT SPRAYTAN IN ME FUR!

lol someone is quick on twitter, its the ESSEX LION

Scary growler spotted in Essex? NO CHANGE THERE, THEN

St Oysth peeps are not even the spray tanned sterotypical Essex peeps... 

St Oysth is one of the roughest places in north essex..   

its a bit trailer park innit 

CAPTURING LION..... ███████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ 44% DONE. Capture Failed. 404 Error: Lion Not Found.

Essex Police investigating after reported lion sighting near Clacton

just showing i wasnt joking

*waits for the FM who lives in St Oysth to turn up*  

I know someone who lives there, and on the estate he lives on - at 59, he's the youngest 

They're all late 60's to early 80's 

*they are too busy moving house* 

I saw plenty lions at Longleat this summer

None sed they had the intention of legging it to Clacton

Probably sat in a tanning salon somewhere.

perhaps he's lion* in bed and dont know anything

*lion joke

bu bum tish

I think not,he's out at a pub quiz as we speak and has been out all day 

above first pic of lion, he got pulled into a hairdressers, but refused the offer of a tan

he won't be getting many right then 

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There's a lion on the loose in Essex. Which is annoying, as one had specifically said "let it out in Downing Street".

I dunno, by what I know he can pace himself and wins with his team more often than not 

SORRY

dunno why im finding it funny that a lion might be prowling the streets, i wish him luck and hope he's safe

but bites an MP's arse before he gets trundled back to where ever he escaped from

clever git...tell him to get out and catch this bloody lion 

Actually, I've just had a text to say he won the quiz 

tbf...  there are some very nice properties which have a postal address of St Oysth..    but they aren';t really St Oysth.

If any FM lives in St Oysth wants to come & challenge me on it, bring it on!    Its no secret its a bit wild west round there 

Radio 5live just spoke to a bloke in a caravan with 5 other ppl near Clacton. Nobody wants to go out for a smoke (there's kids in the caravan) and their fishing trip tomorrow might be cancelled too.

Dame, I find it funny too and don't know why.

its not funny Col..but it is  

I was only joking with my ninja. I'm drowning in Devon at this very moment.

Have there been any reports of a lion escaping from a zoo in the area? Where has he come from?!

It is a bit funny, isn't it But I hope they don't hurt the lion and can capture it if all this is true.

see!!!   I rest my case!!  

don't be deceived into thinking he's on holiday 

Somebody is now talking about a backgammon game with his wife being interupted by a loud roar. He went to check his son in his bedroom, he was asleep.