Greetings from afar Baz,
The rumour of my death by being consumed by a rubber Lion has been greatly distorted. I was actually badly injured by a lion wearing a rubber suit. The incident, did indeed, occur at Pontefract. I was testing the iPod submersible for Apple at the time. We needed to confirm that the device would withstand an attack from a well educated, well equipped lion. The test was sooooo successful that the lion ( Albert was his name rather oddly!!! ) became outraged at his lack of success in destroying the iPod and turned his anger upon myself. Despite years of therapy I can still not bring myself to look at anything that involves circuses or anything broadcast by the BBC about wildlife.
Fondest regards.
Z
PS - The iPod submersible project was abandoned only weeks after the incident due to the fact that marketing realised that the only possible market for the device was people who lived, or had lived, in Cuba.
Tis a strange world we live in.