Robber Hiding In Tiger's Cage Is Mauled To Death

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Robber Hiding In Tiger's Cage Is Mauled To Death

December 21, 2005 2:01 p.m. EST


Yvonne Lee - All Headline News Staff Reporter

South Africa (AHN) - A suspected criminal in South Africa was mauled to death after he hid from authorities in a tiger's cage.

South African police say the man had just robbed a couple with a knife. He tried to escape by jumping over the Bloemfontein Zoo fence and taking refuge in the Bengal tiger's cage, reports BBC.

"The man was involved in a robbery and was chased by security guards," police spokeswoman Elsa Gerber tells the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

A visitor to the zoo saw the man's body covered with bite marks lying in the cage on Sunday.

The tiger reportedly did not attempt to eat the body as he had been fed on Saturday afternoon and was not hungry, nature conservation officials tell to the South African Broadcasting Corporation.

"The man was involved in a robbery and was chased by security guards," police spokeswoman Elsa Gerber adds to SABC.

 

[RugbyBuck]

Thieves, they're GRRRReat!

 

[ScriptOhio]

This guy could be a candidate to win the Darwin Award*.

*Named in honor of Charles Darwin, the father of evolution, the Darwin Awards commemorate those who improve our gene pool by removing themselves from it.

http://www.darwinawards.com/