Consumerist brings this story from the wild lands of Michigan.

She said:

She tells WNEM.com that a zookeeper allowed her into the cage with the big cat over the weekend, and that the guide told her “yeah,” when she asked if she could pet it. But as she tried to pet it, she claims the lion ripped off part of her finger.

The zoo said:

“The lady went into the security area and was told by the guide to get back and the lady stated she wanted to touch the lion and continued, against the guide’s warning, to put her finger inside the fence and the lion nipped the end of her finger,” the owners said in an email to WNEM, adding that the zoo has posted warning signs and bite signs everywhere.

Even the amount of damage is different, with the zoo going for the much cuter "nipped." The most honest version of this story, of course, is the lion's: Saw food. Missed.