Tiger Out On Casual Stroll In Texas Lands 'Owner' In Jail But Lawyer Claims Animal Wasn't His
Right now we're all aching to step out of our homes and head out on our beloved evening walks. The last thing you'd probably imagine is running into a Royal Bengal tiger sharing your neighbour's lawn for a quick sniff and dump. But as popular culture (and legit new reports) would have us believe, this isn't entirely unimaginable, not going by the following video at least.
Side note, we're skipping the obvious Joe Exotic?memes.?
The incident reportedly took place in the Energy Corridor, 18 miles west of downtown Houston, Texas. The tiger was seen on a barely minutes-long walk before the 'owner' after being confronted by an armed resident fled with the tiger in tow.
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¡°Get the fuck back inside. Fuck you and your fucking tiger," the resident had allegedly said.?
"It was very scary because this is a very family-oriented community, and you see lots of kids and baby strolling," Jose Ramos, another resident told?KHOU 11.?"And people taking their pets, dogs and walking them. So again, the first thing I was thought was to alert the community so everybody would stay home."
Identifying the 'handler' in the video as 26-year-old Victor Hugo Cuevas, Houston Police tweeted he'd been charged with felony evading arrest for fleeing from HPD patrol officers.?Cuevas has been taken into custody in Fort Bend County Jail and 'the whereabouts of the tiger are not yet known.'? ?
Meanwhile, Michael Elliott, Cuevas' lawyer, has alleged that the tiger seen in the West Houston neighbourhood is not his client's. "HPD was in such a hurry to wrap it and find their guy that they just assumed because my client was the one who caught this tiger, who went out and go it and brought it back into safety, everyone is just assuming that he is the owner of the tiger," he said.
"He's already been convicted, which is a shame," KHOU 11 quoted him as saying.
More information awaited.
