A Germany-based Gambian has disclosed to his German wife that he fought a lion when he was just 10 years old.
"I was never scared since I was born. When I was 10 years old in the village, I had a fight with a lion," he claimed.
His wife, in disbelief, asked: "Seriously? You fought with a lion?"
He responded confidently: "When I came back with the tail of the lion, my father told me, 'You are a man.' Since that day, I have been a real man. I am never scared of anything."
The video of their conversation, posted on his wife's TikTok page, amassed over 40,000 views and more than 200 comments.
One follower speculated: "I wonder which forest he found the lion. Maybe Nyambai Forest."
Another commented: "Gambian men are never scared of death. Our ex-president Yahya Jammeh taught us that."