Report of Tiger Running Amok in Manhattan Turns Out to Be Raccoon: NYPD

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From https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Tiger-Manhattan-Raccoon-479512193.html

Report of Tiger Running Amok in Manhattan Turns Out to Be Raccoon: NYPD

Published at 9:02 AM EDT on Apr 12, 2018 | Updated at 10:15 AM EDT on Apr 12, 2018

WHAT TO KNOW

• Emergency radio correspondence indicated there was a report of a "tiger" running in Harlem streets shortly before 8:30 a.m. Thursday

• News 4 crews were at the scene in about 15 minutes reporting no sighting of a tiger nor any police

• Police said shortly thereafter they did find an animal -- but it was a raccoon, not a tiger

A report of a tiger running amok in the streets of Manhattan briefly caused a social media frenzy early Thursday, as reporters scrambled to find photos of the ferocious feline and warn civilians to stay out of the area.

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[drray23]

1. Close enough.nt.

[Historic NY]

2. Bandit I could see....

[hlthe2b]

3. I think there is a need for more nature stories on tv ....

geebus... who would confuse a raccoon with a tiger?

[smirkymonkey]

4. Well, it is kind of easy to confuse the two...

Tiger:




Raccoon:




Note the similarities.

[misanthrope]

8. uh huh

Eucarya? check
Animalia? check
Chordata? check
Mammalia? check
Carnivora? check

From there? Ehhh

[yardwork]

16. Stripes. I see lots of stripes.

[smirkymonkey]

17. See? And they are almost the same size.

Oh, wait. Never mind.

[Demovictory9]

27. Both are besutiful

[ProudLib72]

28. Duh! You can't saddle a racoon!

Sheesh!

[Sanity Claws]

5. They both have striped tails

[marylandblue]

6. And perky ears.

[Blue_true]

19. And beady eyes. nt

[LuckyCharms]

7. There's a reason raccoons are called "City Tigers".

[Archae]

25. Around here they are called "trash pandas."

Because they get into the trash rather often.

[jalan48]

9. Whoa, talk about a sophisticated population.

[Blue_true]

22. City folk, never saw a raccoon in their life.

Likely made them drop their $9 cup of Starbucks and cream their bloomers.

[BumRushDaShow]

10. Maybe they saw this guy

Or this guy -

[honest.abe]

11. LOL.. city slickers!!

[Princess Turandot]

12. Perhaps they thought that...

Ming of Harlem had returned.

Hello Kitty


Not ready for his close-up


Ming now lives in Ohio. His previous owner lives in Nevada with new tigers.

[Nevernose]

20. I just posted something similar below

Which is what I get for not reading all the responses.

Nevada has, for what should be obvious reasons, fairly lax laws about tiger ownership.

[Ferrets are Cool]

13. Of course it was...

[Sancho]

14. If it was Louisiana and you tried to have sex, you'd quickly be able to tell the difference...

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142034350

[Iggo]

15. Never get out of the fucking boat. (n/t)

[Nevernose]

18. NYPD has encountered rogue tigers before. Seriously

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1319070/I-kept-500lbs-tiger-tiny-apartment--attacked-New-Yorkers-unique-relationship-unusual-pet.html

So it’s not entirely implausible that there was yet another rogue tiger in the Bronx.

[Princess Turandot]

24. I'm sure that crossed their minds pretty quickly...

Of course, in the case of a tiger actually living in an apartment building, no one reported it! I don't think any neighbor ever saw Ming, but some definitely heard him, and there were rumors about the tenant having a lion or tiger. It's amazing that nothing worse came of it. The cat himself was even in fairly good shape.

[Stuart G]

21. strange day....Tigers in Manhattan, Golden Showers in White House???

Or is it Tigers in Manhattan , or....is it Golden Showers in both Manhattan and the White House???

Well where is the tiger.?? and where are the golden showers..???

[neeksgeek]

23. Obligatory. Bear in his apartment.

[EarthFirst]

26. Not surprising...

As LEO’s cannot seem to differentiate a cell phone or a handgun in broad daylight.

[no_hypocrisy]

29. New Yorkers . . . .

If they can't tell the difference between a tiger and a raccoon, then no wonder the police shot a man to death two weeks ago when pedestrians couldn't tell the difference between a shower head pipe and a gun.