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In the 60’s Ace Berg and John Rendall bought a lion cub from Harrod’s department store.

John’s then-girlfriend: “He was very loving and affectionate - he liked to stand and put his paws on your shoulders. But he was…”, she pauses. “I mean, he was a lion. Does that sound silly?”

For a year, the Big Cat was part of it all, cruising the streets in the back of a Bentley, popping in for lunch at Casserole, a local restaurant, even posing for a fashion advertisement. He eventually grew too big to be kept as a pet and was taken to Kenya, where he was rehabilitated into the wild by the “Lion Man”, George Adamson.

They were told by George, that he had not been seen for 9 months. Which means that Christian has fully adapted to life in the wild. They were told that Christian won’t remember the two men because it had been so long since he saw them last.

The night before John and Ace were to arrive at the camp out side the conservation area where Christian now lived, Christian, his lionesses and their cubs all showed up at the camp. Christian was waiting for John and Ace on top of a rock!

This video shows Ace and John meeting with Christian and you can actually see Christians face change when he sees his old friends, then he runs to them and embraces them. This video shows the human like emotions that a lion is capable of feeling. Apparently, after the video, the three friends hung out at camp until the middle of the night when Christian returned to his pride leaving Ace and John exhausted.

Full heartwarming story at the Daily Mail.