Tiger faces off with armed man as wild cat roams streets of Houston Clara Hill
A tiger has been seen walking around the city of Houston in Texas.
The wild cat was filmed lounging in someone’s front garden, leading a concerned neighbour to call the local authorities.
The caller said that residents were “starting to show up with guns,” according to local police, who also said the complainer reported the tiger was staring at people.
A video posted on Twitter showed a man pointing a gun at the big cat who walked towards him. No shots were ultimately fired in the 40-second footage.
Man who fled police with tiger arrested after high-speed pursuit
Man with tiger arrested after high-speed chase with police
Replay Video UP NEXT When Maria Torres and her sister-in-law got an emergency notification on the Nextdoor app Sunday night, they had to do a double-take. It said a tiger was on the loose in a nearby Houston neighborhood. Instead of staying in the house with their doors locked, the two women went on an impromptu safari. We got in the car and went to check it out, Torres told ABC News on Monday. When they reached Ivy Wall Drive in west Houston, they could barely believe their eyes. Torres took out her cell phone and started recording several people confronting a striped Bengal tiger, including an off-duty law enforcement officer backpedaling with his gun aimed at the big cat.