# "Everybody in life makes choices" says idiot who jumped from train into tiger cage **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [September 22, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510 "2012-09-22T17:15:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 5:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/1 "2012-09-22T17:15:35Z")
[That’s what this moron answered](http://news.yahoo.com/nypd-mauled-man-chose-jump-tigers-den-154515989.html) when the police asked him why he chose to jump from a Bronx Zoo sightseeing train into a tiger compound. Just thought this was good for some chuckles. Maybe next time he’ll remember that philosophy and wildlife don’t mix well. ---
**Author:** ![Small\_Hen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ad7895/32.png) [@Small\_Hen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Small_Hen)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/2 "2012-09-22T19:03:38Z")
> [@](#): > > Passengers aren’t strapped in on the ride, and 25-year-old David Villalobos apparently jumped out of his train car with a leap powerful enough to clear the 16-foot-high perimeter fence. So this guy is part lemur? How the hell did he jump a 16 foot enclosure? ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/3 "2012-09-22T19:20:16Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > So this guy is part lemur? How the hell did he jump a 16 foot enclosure? That train is on [elevated tracks](http://cdn.abclocal.go.com/images/wpvi/cms_exf_2007/news/national_world/8820297_600x338.jpg) which parallel the fence, so it doesn’t take much of a jump to get over to the other side, if you are determined to do that. ---
**Author:** ![GusNSpot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gusnspot/32/436_2.png) [@GusNSpot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GusNSpot)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/4 "2012-09-22T19:20:33Z")
And this guy still has time to breed… Maybe the tiger looked hungry & he was unselfishly trying to help him. A true animal lover? Maybe this will go viral and more people will do this… ---
**Author:** ![Telemark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/telemark/32/372_2.png) [@Telemark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Telemark)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 7:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/5 "2012-09-22T19:22:37Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > So this guy is part lemur? How the hell did he jump a 16 foot enclosure? I suspect the train is high enough so people can see in the enclosure. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Sphinx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b782af/32.png) [@The\_Sphinx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Sphinx)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 7:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/6 "2012-09-22T19:47:49Z")
There are no cameras on that side of the enclosure… man clears a 16 foot fence… is mauled by a 400 lb. Siberian tiger and is able to roll under an electric fence to escape? There’s something up with this story. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 8:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/7 "2012-09-22T20:10:58Z")
He too is one of god’s special creations. ---
**Author:** ![chizzuk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/e36b37/32.png) [@chizzuk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chizzuk)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 9:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/8 "2012-09-22T21:16:04Z")
He said he wanted to “be one with the tiger.” In that case, it’s really too bad the tiger didn’t just eat him. ---
**Author:** ![Jenaroph](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e8c25b/32.png) [@Jenaroph](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jenaroph)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/9 "2012-09-22T21:30:22Z")
He would have been one with the tiger for a while, but only until the tiger crapped him back out. ---
**Author:** ![JackieLikesVariety](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jackielikesvariety/32/296_2.png) [@JackieLikesVariety](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JackieLikesVariety)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 10:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/10 "2012-09-22T22:14:47Z")
I didn’t click on the story but this makes me mad. hope he gets fined (as well as any medical bills) and the money goes to …well, special treats for the tiger come to mind. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/11 "2012-09-22T22:20:13Z")
Now if it were with the lions, we’d have a pretty good idea of who it was. ---
**Author:** ![Boyo\_Jim](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/87869e/32.png) [@Boyo\_Jim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Boyo_Jim)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 10:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/12 "2012-09-22T22:21:42Z")
> [@Small\_Hen](#): > > So this guy is part lemur? How the hell did he jump a 16 foot enclosure? He’s like a short-bus Spider Man. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/13 "2012-09-22T23:28:12Z")
> [@Jenaroph](#): > > He would have been one with the tiger for a while, but only until the tiger crapped him back out. Somewhat. Remember-“a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips”. ---
**Author:** ![Ferret\_Herder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e47774/32.png) [@Ferret\_Herder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ferret_Herder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 11:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/14 "2012-09-22T23:35:08Z")
> [@The\_Sphinx](#): > > There are no cameras on that side of the enclosure… man clears a 16 foot fence… is mauled by a 400 lb. Siberian tiger and is able to roll under an electric fence to escape? There’s something up with this story. The fact that zoo workers chased off the tiger with fire extinguishers kind of helps in the whole “escaping” part. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 11:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/15 "2012-09-22T23:51:07Z")
“A tiger is just a big pussy that eats you.” – Seen on some Internet joke list somewhere. ---
**Author:** ![MEBuckner](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mebuckner/32/2896_2.png) [@MEBuckner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MEBuckner)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2012, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/16 "2012-09-22T23:54:04Z")
“…Some of those choices are really stupid.” ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 12:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/17 "2012-09-23T00:15:00Z")
> [@MEBuckner](#): > > “…Some of those choices are really stupid.” [Despair.com](http://www.despair.com/mis24x30prin.html) ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/18 "2012-09-23T00:52:00Z")
Though I am quite glad to see they have no intention to kill the tiger for acting like a tiger. Though I wouldn’t be all butthurt if the guy dropped dead, honestly. What a freaking moron. ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/19 "2012-09-23T01:27:43Z")
> [@Senegoid](#): > > “A tiger is just a big pussy that eats you.” > – Seen on some Internet joke list somewhere. In Russia, Siberian Pussy eats YOU! ---
**Author:** ![Muffin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/muffin/32/4341_2.png) [@Muffin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muffin)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2012, 1:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510/20 "2012-09-23T01:52:25Z")
My lord, I wonder why he jumped into the tiger compound rather than the lion compound. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/everybody-in-life-makes-choices-says-idiot-who-jumped-from-train-into-tiger-cage/635510.md?page=2)