# Roy of "Siegfried and Roy" attacked by his own White Tiger at the Mirage! **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [October 4, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505 "2003-10-04T05:22:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Cholo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/1 "2003-10-04T05:22:24Z")
Sorry if somebody got to this first but I just heard that Roy was attacked by his own Tiger during a performance at that Mirage in Vegas. All I heard was that the Tiger grabbed him by the throat and was dragging him around during the performance. He was taken via ambulance to a nearby hospital and so far, no details are available. I can’t find anything on the net’ yet…I just heard it on the radio. Anybody know any further details? ---
**Author:** ![Daver914](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/4da419/32.png) [@Daver914](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Daver914)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/2 "2003-10-04T05:31:20Z")
I was skeptical upon reading this, but apparently it did happen: [http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/04/roy.attacked.ap/index.html](http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/10/04/roy.attacked.ap/index.html) BTW, wasn’t this a Simpsons bit? ---
**Author:** ![Walloon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/fbc32d/32.png) [@Walloon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walloon)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/3 "2003-10-04T05:33:35Z")
[KLAS-TV](http://www.klas-tv.com), Las Vegas. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/4 "2003-10-04T05:34:48Z")
Oh, man. This is going to be a big story. And I thought it was a Family Guy bit… ---
**Author:** ![Cholo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@Cholo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cholo)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/5 "2003-10-04T05:43:58Z")
Somebody somewhere has got to have a videotape of this. I’m sure it’ll be on the tube very soon. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/6 "2003-10-04T05:52:14Z")
[CNN update.](http://www.cnn.com/2003/SHOWBIZ/10/04/roy.attacked/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 5:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/7 "2003-10-04T05:54:51Z")
> [@](#): > > BTW, wasn’t this a Simpsons bit? That was my very first thought, too… [Chris Griffin] “Get outta my head! GET OUTTA MY HEAD!” [/Chris Griffin] ---
**Author:** ![DMark](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e68b1a/32.png) [@DMark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DMark)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 6:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/8 "2003-10-04T06:27:20Z")
On every channel here in Las Vegas. Latest word is that he is still in critical condition at UMC hospital. People in the audience at first thought it was part of the act, but quickly realized it wasn’t as Roy was dragged off the stage by his throat by one of the white tigers…the first performance by this white tiger. By the way, today was Roy’s birthday. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 7:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/9 "2003-10-04T07:18:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Daver914 \* > BTW, wasn’t this a Simpsons bit? When Mr. Burns builds a casino in Springfield, one of the acts is “The Flamboyant Magic Of Gunter and Ernst”, including a white tiger named Anastasia who is embittered about memories of her capture… ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Ellis](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/977dab/32.png) [@Michael\_Ellis](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Michael_Ellis)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 7:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/10 "2003-10-04T07:32:32Z")
White Tiger might be a good name for a Siberian vodka brand. ---
**Author:** ![Darth\_Nader](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ad7895/32.png) [@Darth\_Nader](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darth_Nader)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/11 "2003-10-04T07:35:25Z")
…or a lame Hair-Metal band… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Jello](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f05b48/32.png) [@Jello](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jello)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/12 "2003-10-04T14:02:18Z")
I find it quite strange that The Onion made fun of the duo just this week…I think they’re prescient. [http://www.theonion.com/3938/opinion1.html](http://www.theonion.com/3938/opinion1.html) ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/13 "2003-10-04T14:05:58Z")
If that’s true, there are a lot of prescient targets out there. Sigfried and Roy are the definition of “easy target”. ---
**Author:** ![Fibber\_McGee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/a6a055/32.png) [@Fibber\_McGee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fibber_McGee)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/14 "2003-10-04T14:07:07Z")
“prescient targets”? I meant “prescient people” of course. Tell me again why we can’t edit our posts? ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/15 "2003-10-04T14:36:05Z")
Too bad it wasn’t Celine Dion. I hope he’s ok. And too bad it couldn’t have been Barbara Striesand too. ---
**Author:** ![Anamorphic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anamorphic/32/3057_2.png) [@Anamorphic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anamorphic)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/16 "2003-10-04T16:18:01Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DMark \* > **…the first performance by this white tiger.** Everyone is reporting that, but according to the [L.V. Review-Journal](http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2003/Oct-04-Sat-2003/news/22302613.html), that’s just what they tell the audience; just a regular line they use. The particular tiger has actually been part of the act for years. ---
**Author:** ![porcupine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ac91a4/32.png) [@porcupine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/porcupine)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/17 "2003-10-04T16:38:29Z")
IIRC, a number of years ago, one of their tigers killed another one during a performance. So this really isn’t surprising. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/18 "2003-10-04T18:27:38Z")
> [@](#): > > IIRC, a number of years ago, one of their tigers killed another one during a performance. Actually, I don’t think it was during a performance, I think it was in the viewing area/glass enclosure the tigers stay in during the day while not performing. They get a bad rap but I was in the front row of their show 10 years ago and it is simply an amazing performance. Vegas without S&R is like Egypt without the Sphynx. Word is that he’s critical-but-stable. Hope he pulls through OK. ---
**Author:** ![Stephe96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Stephe96](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stephe96)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 6:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/19 "2003-10-04T18:51:12Z")
“Bad kitty cat…” ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2003, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505/20 "2003-10-04T18:58:53Z")
From the article **Anamorphic** linked to: “On the way, he was conscious, talking, and he had trouble breathing,” Leinbach said. “He was talking about how his throat was bothering him.” Yeah, my throat would bother me too, if it were passing through a tiger’s digestive system. Hope he pulls through OK, and without permanent injury. It would be tough on a showman to lose his speaking ability. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-of-siegfried-and-roy-attacked-by-his-own-white-tiger-at-the-mirage/205505.md?page=2)