You go to the circus and watch the tigers perform their usual tricks (note: I don’t like that bit of the story).
You decide that you need to go to the toilet and while you are out having a wee, an announcement is made in the circus ring that a tiger has escaped. You don’t hear it.
You have your pee and leave by the exit. A security guard stops you to tell you that a tiger has escaped and to stay where you are.
You do as you are ordered. You turn around to go back into the toilets and bump into a tiger who is no more than three feet from you.
As you are a very calm and collected lady, you stifle your desire to scream and do nothing. The circus tiger is probably as scared as you are. You are now told to leave the bathroom!
You do as you are ordered. The tiger does nothing to harm you and is captured and caged.
This happened in Salina, Kansas, USA. The lady is Jenna Kregbiel, who says her work as a social worker helped her keep calm. She says she is “used to being in quite hair-raising situations”.
Humans are far more dangerous than tigers, then.
Michael this is a sad and scary story but I can’t help but laugh at your title.
Exactly – if the tiger does anything wrong it’s game over. That’s a horrible thought. Thank goodness the lady stayed calm. It must have been very scary for the tiger too.
Poor tiger that is horrible and if it had hurt that woman or anybody it would no doubt have been killed as punishment.
Yes, absolutely. Circuses should be banned worldwide. Their time is over. The world has moved on.
I mean tiger, I was so upset on her behalf I got lion and tiger mixed up 🙁
Imagine smelling freedom and then it was snatched away 🙁
What a sad story, I hate circuses and the poor lion who should have been living free was recaptured and caged, how sad for that poor tiger and how thoughtless people are for going to circuses and encouraging the owners to think capturing wild animals for entertainment (or any other purpose) is acceptable 🙁 🙁 🙁