Woman Who Lives With Cheetahs
Airdate
:
5/19/2009
INSIDE EDITION found a woman who shares a bed with wild cheetahs. She actually sleeps with the wild cats in the bed, and even cuddles with them!
Her name is Riana and she's known as "The Cheetah Woman." She quit her high-paying job in the big city to raise cheetahs on a remote farm in South Africa.
Riana gives her exotic pets free rein of her house; they lounge on the pillows and can even open the doors.
Riana showers them with hugs and kisses and unbelievably she even lets them suck her thumb.
"I'm not scared of them, I trust them," she says.
But some might say she is crazy to live with predators that run so fast they can go from zero to sixty in just three seconds.
The five cheetahs on Riana's farm eat about 50 pounds of raw meat every day. Riana lets them jump right up onto the kitchen counter to eat.
When the sun sets on this remote African farm, the day ends with Riana, her cheetahs, and her pet dogs piling into bed. She even lets the cheetahs lick her face as part of an unusual beauty ritual. She claims their rough tongues keep her skin flawless.
Then Riana curls up with a good book, and says goodnight to her beloved cheetahs.
