# Tiger, Tiger, Burning Bright. Texas Scared Both Day & Night. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [July 15, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633 "2005-07-15T12:18:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 12:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/1 "2005-07-15T12:18:46Z")
In Atascosa County, Texas, a tiger is loose, killing calves, dogs & wildlife. [http://www.mysanantonio.com/salife/pets/stories/MYSA071405.1A.atascosa\_tiger.67375695.html](http://www.mysanantonio.com/salife/pets/stories/MYSA071405.1A.atascosa_tiger.67375695.html) > [@](#): > > One night in early May, rancher Brian Beam was baling hay on his tractor when he says he came face-to-face with what could be the culprit: a full-grown tiger, he said, lurking along the creek running through his 27-acre property. > > “It was huge,” Beam said. “I threw (the tractor) into reverse and I was gone. It just took off down the creek.” > > The cat was waist-high with orange fur and black stripes, Beam said. Apparently, it’s still out there. Who’s for a camping trip in the Wild West? 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Can\_Handle\_the\_Truth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Can_Handle_the_Truth)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/2 "2005-07-15T22:15:44Z")
I’ve always dreamed of giving tigers a habitat in some South American jungle. ---
**Author:** ![MovieMogul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f08c70/32.png) [@MovieMogul](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MovieMogul)\ **Post date:** [July 15, 2005, 10:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/3 "2005-07-15T22:22:16Z")
Could be worse–could be a [Liger](http://www.tigers-animal-actors.com/about/liger/liger.html) ---
**Author:** ![MaryEFoo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba8739/32.png) [@MaryEFoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MaryEFoo)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 1:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/4 "2005-07-16T01:35:30Z")
Texans leaving Atascosa County: → Texans streaming into Atascosa County: \<------------------------------------------------------------- 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Unregistered\_Bull](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/3da27b/32.png) [@Unregistered\_Bull](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unregistered_Bull)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 3:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/5 "2005-07-16T03:23:13Z")
A good snare or leghold trap ought to work fine. TX has plenty of trappers. Some quite experienced with Mountain Lions and probably even some with Mexican Wolf and Jaguar experience. ---
**Author:** ![Wile\_E](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c37758/32.png) [@Wile\_E](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wile_E)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 3:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/6 "2005-07-16T03:59:17Z")
Of course the solution will be to kill it. After all the darn things were supposed to be extinct in the wild by 2005. Texas isn’t even their wild so they shouldn’t be there at all. [sub]In case there’s any doubt, yes, I am being sarcastic. C’mon, I identify with a cartoon coyote, who do you think I’m really rooting for?[/sub] ---
**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:** [July 16, 2005, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/7 "2005-07-16T04:18:40Z")
One of the common reasons I’m always packin when I leave the house. ---
**Author:** ![Zebra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/c0e974/32.png) [@Zebra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zebra)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/8 "2005-07-16T04:43:14Z")
Huummmm. Sounds like someone’s exotic pet got loose. They should have kept the tiger in an apartment. ---
**Author:** ![PETERFI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PETERFI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PETERFI)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 5:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/9 "2005-07-16T05:17:43Z")
> [@Bosda Di'Chi of Tricor](#): > > In Atascosa County, Texas, a tiger is loose, killing calves, dogs & wildlife. Hold that Tiger, hold that Tiger, hold that Tiger, hold that Tiger! ---
**Author:** ![PETERFI](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/2bfe46/32.png) [@PETERFI](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PETERFI)\ **Post date:** [July 16, 2005, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/tiger-tiger-burning-bright-texas-scared-both-day-night/312633/10 "2005-07-16T05:19:11Z")
> [@The Peter Files](#): > > Hold that Tiger, hold that Tiger, hold that Tiger, hold that Tiger! Apple system 10.4 has been released and is known as Tiger!