Nice Kitty
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I was tackled by a tiger once. I must stress that it was voluntary for both me and the tiger. I was recruited to be tiger tackled as part of a fund raising event to support some charity or other during other events at a county fair. I was coerced by individuals older than my young self and shamed into the event my various peers. It was one of several stunts involving tigers, bears, cheetahs, and such; courtesy of a company that trained animals for use as actors in motion pictures. The tiger, an immense, neutered, Siberian male had a head the size of a beach ball, and breath that could knock a buzzard off an outhouse. I would love to tell you his name was Larry, because if I had a tiger I would name him Larry. It would give me a chance to be something I rarely am – laconic.
