# Tiger Man.... too stupid to be true? Please? **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 7, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226 "2001-08-07T03:59:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/1 "2001-08-07T03:59:05Z")
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**Author:** ![Albert\_Rose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9de053/32.png) [@Albert\_Rose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Albert_Rose)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/2 "2001-08-07T04:04:12Z")
He’s just a little obsessed, that’s all. Maybe he’s insecure about something. ---
**Author:** ![Enderw24](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/ba9def/32.png) [@Enderw24](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enderw24)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/3 "2001-08-07T04:05:58Z")
That’s pretty damn funny. It reads almost like an Onion article. This line: > [@](#): > > “When I have the coat of a tiger, I feel I will have reached my goal in life.” nearly had me rolling out of my seat. Hey, he wants to pay for it, more power to him. I hear there’s a lizard man out there. Whole face and body tattoed with green scales, ridged eyebrows and a surgically forked tongue. Perhaps he and Cat Man can double date. ---
**Author:** ![beegirl13](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/848f3c/32.png) [@beegirl13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beegirl13)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/4 "2001-08-07T04:07:07Z")
Believe it or not, there are more freaks like this out there. :eek: I saw a story on a cheesy TV show called Maximum Exposure last night where a guy did something similar. Only he is a leopard man. He did the whole tatoo and tooth filing thing, but no whiskers as far as I know. He lives in the woods wearing almost nothing and cooks over a fire. ---
**Author:** ![Sterra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/8c91f0/32.png) [@Sterra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sterra)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/5 "2001-08-07T04:19:22Z")
I am guessing that this is the same tiger from [http://www.somethingawful.com](http://www.somethingawful.com) ---
**Author:** ![Bill\_H](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/a5b964/32.png) [@Bill\_H](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bill_H)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/6 "2001-08-07T04:23:38Z")
Holy shit; I’ve seen that guy. It was about ten years ago, and he didn’t have the whiskers or the fangs, but it’s gotta be the same one. (How many tiger faced people are there?) The city matches the article too: San Diego. ---
**Author:** ![cornflakes](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/9d8465/32.png) [@cornflakes](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cornflakes)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/7 "2001-08-07T04:26:01Z")
My son goes to school with a “Lizard Man”. Same idea, different species. I could sit here and talk about how ridiculous this Tiger Man looks… …But I don’t want to appear catty. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![kellibelli](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/e480ec/32.png) [@kellibelli](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kellibelli)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/8 "2001-08-07T04:40:11Z")
I think the burning question is _where does he find a surgeon to do this?_ What kind of screening process should a man have to go through before he gets his teeth filed and his mouth surgically altered to look like a snarl? Bet the old ladies in the old folks home laugh their asses off at him. ---
**Author:** ![Lux\_Fiat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/bc79bd/32.png) [@Lux\_Fiat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lux_Fiat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/9 "2001-08-07T04:40:29Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by beegirl13 \* > Believe it or not, there are more freaks like this out there. :eek: I saw a story on a cheesy TV show called Maximum Exposure last night where a guy did something similar. Only he is a leopard man. I saw the very same show. My favorite part was when he said something like, “This is my bedroom. It’s a little small, but it’s just me here. I haven’t had much luck meeting anyone. I wouldn’t mind meeting someone, though, if anyone’s out there **RRRRAAAAAAAAWWWWWRRR!!!** ” Hmm. Sorta popped that trial balloon before it was five feet off the ground, eh Spanky? ---
**Author:** ![Astroboy14](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/df705f/32.png) [@Astroboy14](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Astroboy14)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/10 "2001-08-07T04:55:46Z")
And [HERE](http://bmeworld.com/amago/)’s the Lizard Man! Weird people, if you ask me… but weird is good!😉 ---
**Author:** ![OpalCat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/8edcca/32.png) [@OpalCat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OpalCat)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/11 "2001-08-07T05:02:22Z")
Um. His split tongue doesn’t look like a lizard tongue. It looks like he has a pair of testicles hanging out of his mouth. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/12 "2001-08-07T05:17:21Z")
It makes the Peter Pan guy look that much more attractive. Now I wonder how long before Star Trek fans start getting Vulcan ears, Bajorian noses, and Klingon foreheads. Marc ---
**Author:** ![theendisnear](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/a4c791/32.png) [@theendisnear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/theendisnear)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 6:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/13 "2001-08-07T06:06:31Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Astroboy14 \* > \*\*And [HERE](http://bmeworld.com/amago/)’s the Lizard Man! > > Weird people, if you ask me… but weird is good!😉 \*\* Weird is good… to a point. One of this days someone is going to think this guy is the wolf man and pop a couple silver bullets on his ass. ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 12:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/14 "2001-08-07T12:51:51Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kellibelli \* > \*\*I think the burning question is _where does he find a surgeon to do this?_ > \*\* Nah, the _real_ burning question is, “When will we get to see him fight Wolverine Man, and will the rest of the Brotherhood of Evil Mutants show up to help?” ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/15 "2001-08-07T15:10:24Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kellibelli \* > Bet the old ladies in the old folks home laugh their asses off at him. \*\* Bet he doesn’t get to the old folks home when some people decide that just ridiculing people who decorate themselves differently is boring, and take it upon themselves to beat the shit out of him. ---
**Author:** ![Waverly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/57b2e6/32.png) [@Waverly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Waverly)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 3:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/16 "2001-08-07T15:19:04Z")
He just looks like a big pussy to me. There’s also a ‘pelt grafting’ joke in there somewhere, but damned if I can’t come up with it. ---
**Author:** ![Protesilaus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/82dd89/32.png) [@Protesilaus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Protesilaus)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/17 "2001-08-07T16:03:37Z")
He lives in Southern California, and he wants a permanent fur coat grafted onto his skin? Has he thought about the inevitable problems behind that at all? ---
**Author:** ![wolfseyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/97f17d/32.png) [@wolfseyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wolfseyn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/18 "2001-08-07T16:14:38Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by AlbertRose \* > \*\*He’s just a little obsessed, that’s all. Maybe he’s insecure about something. \*\* Wait a minute. Maybe he is obsessed, but how can you call this man insecure? If anything this man is VERY SECURE. You’ve have to be pretty confident with yourseelf to spent that kind of money to look like this and be seen in public. I think anyone who call someonee insecure is insecure themselves (I guess that means me too.) Why? Because, insecure can mean a whole lot of things. The person doing the name calling is too insecure about his/her actual feelings to reveal them. Yeah. * * * God,pleeasee damnthiskeeyboard too helll! ---
**Author:** ![pldennison](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/9fc29f/32.png) [@pldennison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pldennison)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/19 "2001-08-07T16:19:33Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \* > \*\* > > > [@](#): > > > > \*Originally posted by kellibelli \* > > Bet the old ladies in the old folks home laugh their asses off at him. \*\* > > Bet he doesn’t get to the old folks home when some people decide that just ridiculing people who decorate themselves differently is boring, and take it upon themselves to beat the shit out of him. \*\* Oh, right–who in their right mind would have the balls to take on the **Tiger Man**?!?! I bet if this guy had tattooed himself with Nike, Starbucks and Chevrolet logos and called himself Corporate Man, you’d be making fun of him. ---
**Author:** ![Fillet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/2acd7d/32.png) [@Fillet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fillet)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2001, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226/20 "2001-08-07T16:26:04Z")
The Tiger Man was featured on a show about tatooing that was on the Discovery Channel or some such a while back. Apparently, he is part Native American (don’t recall what tribe) and has decided that he wants to become like his totem, which he believes is a tiger. I’m sort of curious how a Native American would choose a tiger as a totem, but anyway… The surgery to his mouth and ears was done by guy who does “plastic surgery” for performance artists. The show included some footage of the ear surgery taking place in what looked like a room in the guy’s house, not a doctor’s office. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-man-too-stupid-to-be-true-please/75226.md?page=2)