Imagine a lion enters the room while you’re lightly scrolling through your phone.
This is what happened to 12-year-old Mohit Ahire from Maharashtra, in northern India, this year. When a lion approached him in a wedding venue in the Nashik neighborhood, he was sitting in an office space.
He jumped up and left the room before closing the door in front of him ( and also remembered to bring his cellphone with him ).
Eventually, forest department officials tranquilized the lion and moved it into a forest.
According to the Times of India magazine, Ahire is the bride’s child. Ahire received a lot of reward for his fast thinking as the CCTV footage went viral.