Very Weird: Man Jumps From El Train in Bronx Zoo, Loses Leg to Tiger

Not your ordinary trip to the zoo:

NEW YORK — A visitor to the Bronx Zoo was mauled by a tiger on Friday after he leaped from an elevated monorail train and plummeted over a fence into an exhibit, police and zoo officials said.

The man lost a leg in the mauling, police said.

The attack happened at around 3 p.m. in the Wild Asia exhibit, where a train with open sides takes visitors over the Bronx River and through a forest, where they glide along the top edge of a fence, past elephants, deer and a tiger enclosure.

Passengers aren’t strapped in on the ride, and the 25-year-old man apparently jumped out of his train car, with a leap powerful enough to clear the perimeter fence.

Zoo staff apparently used fire extinguishers to get the tiger away, and got the guy to roll under the electrified fence. He’s in critical condition in a nearby hospital.

So how was your day?

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