TIGER-WASHROOM

Phuket News: Big cat takes bathroom break from circus
WEIRD WORLD: A woman visiting the bathrooms backstage during a circus show had an unexpected encounter with one of the performers – an escaped tiger.    

Photo: Pat Murrayfrom: thephuketnews.com
Sunday 12 May 2013
Jenna Krehbiel had been watching the big cat show at the Isis Shrine Circus in Salina, Kansas before she stepped away to use the washroom.
When she walked through the door, she came face to face with the massive cat, which had slipped away from the performance and taken refuge in the bathroom.
“I walked in the door, which closed right after I had walked in. I saw the tiger; it was at most two feet in front of me, and I turned around calmly and walked back toward the door. Someone opened the door and said get out,” Ms Kehbiel said.
She estimated the animal weighed more than 200 kiolgrams – but she says she didn’t panic because she’d been trained as a social worker to deal with difficult situations.
The animal was later caught by circus staff, who assured her that it was well-trained and posed no threat. But Ms Krehbiel wasn’t convinced, and she says she’ll probably skip the circus the next time it comes to town: “You don’t expect to go in a bathroom door, have it shut behind you and see a tiger walking toward you.
"I prefer a zoo, where I know they won’t get loose.”