Escaped tiger recaptured in old Detroit factory

upi ^ | Aug. 17, 2015 | Ben Hooper

[JoeProBono]

DETROIT, - Police in Detroit confirmed a tiger was on the loose in a disused plant on the east side of the city and it has now been recaptured.

Detroit police said the tiger escaped from a British film crew Monday while they were shooting footage inside the old Packard Plant and the crew was unable to recapture the big cat.

Representatives of the plant's owners said the film crew had permission to shoot inside the building, but not to bring wild animals. They said the crew brought the tiger along with a bobcat and a wolf without informing officials.

Andy Didorosi said in a series of Facebook posts he was summoned to the plant to assist with the tiger's capture.

A video shared by Didorosi shows a man attempting to scare the tiger into going down a flight of stairs to be recaptured.

"This feels like the dumbest thing we've ever done," one of the men says in the footage.

The man is seen running at the tiger with a tarp and a weed whacker with various attachments in an attempt to get the tiger to vacate a landing on the stairs and go to where other people are waiting to capture it.

The tiger is unfazed by the tarp and appears annoyed by the weed whacker, batting a paw at the tool. Packard Plant security confirmed the tiger was safely recaptured early Monday afternoon.

"Remember, no talking near the tiger." Or: When your friend calls and says he needs help getting a tiger out of a staircase, you listen. (I just happened to be the closest dumb person to the scene. The real crime here is that I used vertical video, apologies to the world.)

[centurion316]

Police in Detroit confirmed a tiger was on the loose in a disused plant on the east side of the city and it has now been recaptured.

I thought that he was traded to the Blue Jays.

[cripplecreek]

The Detroit Tigers are pretty tame this year. They started the season by running way out in front then collapsed. They dumped the GM and traded some major pieces and are looking ahead to next year.

[MeshugeMikey]

Theres always ...next year!

The first makor league game I ever saw..was at Tiger Stadium

[Hot Tabasco]

They said on the news this morning that the cat was simply trying to find a cool floor down in that stair well to escape the heat.

It was 95 degrees at my house yesterday and I saw a squirrel lying flat on its belly in my bird bath on the back deck........LOL!

[cripplecreek]

Yeah it can get mighty warm (and humid) in Michigan

[JoeProBono]

'Farewell my dear friend': Roy Horn pays moving tribute to Mantecore, the White tiger that attacked him during Siegfried & Roy show in 2003

Mantecore attacked Roy during a sold-out performance in 2003

Roy was left paralyzed in the attack

The show ended up being canceled

Siegfried remembers the tiger fondly in Facebook post

[AlexisHeavyMetal1981]

Perhaps he should have tried a tuna fish sandwich...

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When describing a chicken sandwich, do you say “Chicken Bird” sandwich, too? You are on the east coast , yes?

Repeat after me, Tuna Sandwich, Tuna Sandwich, Tuna Sandwich.

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[BenLurkin]

Life After People

[BenLurkin]

THey’rrrrr Grrrreatttt!

[BenLurkin]

“This feels like the dumbest thing we’ve ever done,”one of the men says in the footage.

At least it wasn’t “Hold my beer.”

[W.]

Granted.

But a 'tuna fish sandwich' is, verbatim, what Calvin used to capture Hobbes.

[wardaddy]

[wardaddy]

[SunkenCiv]

It wasn’t the Mercury Cougar factory, by any chance? ;’)

[Springman]

Don’t know which list you want to ping for this one, maybe new song material also?

[Slings and Arrows]

Meh. Trap, neuter, release.

[Harmless Teddy Bear]

Detroit is the home of the Tigers.

I will not make a joke about how this year they seem to have been neutered.

[Rides_A_Red_Horse]

A tiger, a bobcat and a wolf walk into an abandoned building...

[Riley]

Perhaps he should have tried a tuna fish sandwich...

They're kind of stupid that way.

[W.]

Yep, TG and Bill Watterson for ten years of laughs!