# Roy tiger attack pictures **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [October 7, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107 "2003-10-07T17:33:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jillsjeeps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@jillsjeeps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jillsjeeps)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/1 "2003-10-07T17:33:54Z")
Are there any out there? ---
**Author:** ![smam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/46a35a/32.png) [@smam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smam)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/2 "2003-10-07T17:39:30Z")
Aren’t they all? ---
**Author:** ![Alias](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/a88e4f/32.png) [@Alias](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alias)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/3 "2003-10-07T17:53:19Z")
[Findadeath.com](http://www.findadeath.com) has a picture of him being loaded into the ambulance. ---
**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 7, 2003, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/4 "2003-10-07T18:05:25Z")
It being a Vegas hotel, it wouldn’t surprise me one bit if there was a lot of video footage from the various security cameras. Of course, why anyone would feel compelled to seek it out just for a visceral thrill escapes me. ---
**Author:** ![jillsjeeps](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90ced4/32.png) [@jillsjeeps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jillsjeeps)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/5 "2003-10-07T18:27:51Z")
I am not looking to get a thrill out if, I am just curious to see what actually happened. You read about everything, just wanted to see it. It is a terrible thing that has happened. ---
**Author:** ![Conflict\_of\_Interest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/57b2e6/32.png) [@Conflict\_of\_Interest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Conflict_of_Interest)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/6 "2003-10-07T19:17:38Z")
Granted I have not been to Las Vegas in years however, last time I was there cameras were not allowed in at the shows. ---
**Author:** ![constantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constantine)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/7 "2003-10-07T19:38:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Alias \* > \*\*[Findadeath.com](http://www.findadeath.com) has a picture of him being loaded into the ambulance. \*\* I’m sorry. “[findadeath.com](http://findadeath.com)” :eek: ---
**Author:** ![DougC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/7feea3/32.png) [@DougC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DougC)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/8 "2003-10-07T20:57:35Z")
> [@](#): > > … Of course, why anyone would feel compelled to seek it out just for a visceral thrill escapes me… - - - You’re new to this internet thing, aren’t you? “Unfettered information” is the name of the game, and that includes news information that corporate outlets refuse to distribute. ~ ---
**Author:** ![constantine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3bc359/32.png) [@constantine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/constantine)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/9 "2003-10-07T22:56:12Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by DougC \* > \*\*- - - You’re new to this internet thing, aren’t you? “Unfettered information” is the name of the game, and that includes news information that corporate outlets refuse to distribute. > ~ \*\* **DougC** please tell me that this is a whoosh… Showing a graphic picture of an injured person is “news information”? And I repeat my :eek: about a website called “[findadeath.com](http://findadeath.com)” ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/10 "2003-10-07T23:09:10Z")
I think what some people need isn’t **[findadeath.com](http://findadeath.com)**, but **[getalife.com](http://getalife.com)**. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 7, 2003, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/11 "2003-10-07T23:33:17Z")
Like someone else said, security cameras probably have it on tape, but they’ll hold on to those tight I’m guessing until one of the major TV networks offers someone enough money. OR someone somewhere probably has a “bootleg” copy of it from a camcorder they slipped in, and will eventually sell it to one of the networks. My guess is that the world will get to see exactly what happened very soon. (Not to hijack the post, but I remember hearing that they used fire extenguishers to distract the tiger. I would have guessed that they had several people off stage with tranquilizers, do they not?? If that tiger jumped into the audience and all they had was fire extenguishers, I’d imagine they’d be paying out quite a bit in law suit money). ---
**Author:** ![Omnipresent](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8c91f0/32.png) [@Omnipresent](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Omnipresent)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 3:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/12 "2003-10-08T03:55:42Z")
Pulease, are you seriously going to tell me that you don’t have the slightest interest in witnessing what went down. Explain why then, traffic slows down when there’s an accident, on the other side of the highway. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/13 "2003-10-08T04:26:20Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omnipresent \* > \*\*Pulease, are you seriously going to tell me that you don’t have the slightest interest in witnessing what went down. > > Explain why then, traffic slows down when there’s an accident, on the other side of the highway. \*\* On the freeway system that I drive on I regularly see the traffic almost come to a friggin halt when someone on the otherside it getting a ticket.:eek: Really dangerous. ---
**Author:** ![scm1001](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c4cdca/32.png) [@scm1001](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scm1001)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 11:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/14 "2003-10-08T11:41:57Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Omnipresent \* > \*\*Pulease, are you seriously going to tell me that you don’t have the slightest interest in witnessing what went down. > > Explain why then, traffic slows down when there’s an accident, on the other side of the highway. \*\* Non-linear flows my dear watson. When traffic reaches a certain density, then any fluctuation causes ripples which can amplify back. This initial fluctuation can be very minor (e.g. a few miles an hour). When you are travelling on a motorway and see flashing lights from any direction, it is natural to slow down even if slightly, as it could be an indication of danger, broken glass on the road, injured people, potential tailbacks up ahead. This amplifies back so that ten minutes later the people behind you have come to a standstill. Then everyone blames the person ahead for rubbernecking. Strangely enough, the best way to prevent this and to get there faster is if everyone travelled at a slower speed. see [http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/12/budiansky.htm](http://www.theatlantic.com/issues/2000/12/budiansky.htm) for more detail ---
**Author:** ![Master\_Wang-Ka](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/master_wang-ka/32/3325_2.png) [@Master\_Wang-Ka](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Master_Wang-Ka)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/15 "2003-10-08T11:57:39Z")
I already KNOW what happened. Tiger went apeshit during a show and bit off a hunk of his neck. Lost a lot of blood. Had a stroke. Fighting for his life. Don’t need to see it. KNOW already. ---
**Author:** ![Uncommon\_Sense](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/f9ae1b/32.png) [@Uncommon\_Sense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Uncommon_Sense)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 12:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/16 "2003-10-08T12:45:03Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joey P \* > \*\*On the freeway system that I drive on I regularly see the traffic almost come to a friggin halt when someone on the otherside it getting a ticket.:eek: Really dangerous. \*\* YES, and that`s very frustrating when you have to drive from Greenfield to Mequon everyday. Lot`s of freeway time both ways. ---
**Author:** ![Big-Ole-Steve](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4da419/32.png) [@Big-Ole-Steve](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Big-Ole-Steve)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/17 "2003-10-08T14:23:46Z")
I read today that there IS a video of it… From this Chicago Sun Times article, By Richard Roeper: > [@](#): > > There’s video of the attack. As of this writing, it hasn’t been released – but I’ll be surprised if it DOESN’T wind up on the Internet at some point. [http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep08.html](http://www.suntimes.com/output/roeper/cst-nws-roep08.html) Hope I’m not breaking any rules by posting a link to a competitor’s website. Steve ---
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [October 8, 2003, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/18 "2003-10-08T16:10:22Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Joey P \* > \*\* (Not to hijack the post, but I remember hearing that they used fire extenguishers to distract the tiger. I would have guessed that they had several people off stage with tranquilizers, do they not?? If that tiger jumped into the audience and all they had was fire extenguishers, I’d imagine they’d be paying out quite a bit in law suit money). \*\* They wanted the tiger to _let go and move away_ immediately, not to fall asleep on top of Roy while still crushing his neck. Tranqs are not instantaneous. (Oh, and re: another comment in the thread – it does not seem it “bit off a piece” but that it was deliberately _carrying_ the man with his mouth, by the neck.) ---
**Author:** ![Bongmaster](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Bongmaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bongmaster)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/19 "2003-10-09T18:20:04Z")
Thats what tigers (and other cats) do when they attack, go for the throat and clamp down. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [October 9, 2003, 6:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107/20 "2003-10-09T18:47:21Z")
I’d like to see it and would definately view it if it became available. It’s not that I’m curious about Roy per se but more out of a fascination for how strong these cats really are. I think the internet is the proper venue for something so potentially disturbing though. It obviously should never fall into the _Tiger Bites Man. Film at 11:00_ pile. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/roy-tiger-attack-pictures/206107.md?page=2)