Florida man pays $150 for close encounter with a leopard, gets mauled

• A man in Florida paid $150 for a full-contact encounter with a black leopard and was almost instantly mauled by the big cat, putting his life in danger.
• The owner of the cat runs a wildlife sanctuary and is legally cleared to have the cat, but selling one-on-one visits with the animal is strictly off-limits.
• The man will be charged with multiple crimes.

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If you ever find yourself handing over $150 to the owner of a leopard for the promise of a "full-contact experience," you should probably take a brief step back and just examine some of the decisions you've made in your life up to that point.

A Florida man found himself in that exact position recently and rather than taking a step back, he dove in head-first. Unfortunately, the predatory cat wasn't willing to take visitors on that particular day and 50-year-old Dwight Turner found himself with severe lacerations that required "multiple surgeries," according to a Local10 report.

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