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A man has been dubbed the “luckiest man alive” after footage captured his close encounter with a running tiger.
The man was mere seconds from being in the direct way of a charging tiger at Jim Corbett National Park in northern India.
A scary national park encounter with a tiger on video
After being shared to X, formally known as Twitter, by Indian Forest Service Worker Parveen Kawman yesterday, the tense video has been viewed over 500,000 times.
“Is he the luckiest man alive? Tiger seems least bothered,” he captioned the video, citing the Jim Corbett National Park as the location.
The video showed a man at the national park casually walking along the road, before suddenly halting and stepping backwards. Moments later, a speeding tiger came running out of the bushes and across the road, before disappearing out of sight again.
He appeared to speak to people out of frame and pointed towards the tiger.
“Truly the luckiest man alive,” replied one X user to the viral video.
“Tiger must’ve been late for a date,” joked another.
Jim Corbett National Park is home to many tigers
It’s unsurprising that the man seemed so unfazed by the tiger, seeing as Jim Corbett National Park is home to so many tigers.
The national park is known for its high population of tigers and is even a part of the larger Corbett Tiger Reserve. The Corbett Tiger Reserve includes adjacent protected areas of land and includes a total area of 497 square miles.
Jim Corbett National Park is India’s oldest national park and was established for the protection of the Bengal Tiger. India’s Project Tiger was set up in the park in 1973 and aims to provide safe havens for the animal within many of the country’s national parks.
Tigers aren’t the only animals found in the national park, with sloths, black bears, elephants, and wild boards among the many other mammals found there.
Another wild animal close encounter caught on film
Last month, a cyclist’s scarily close encounter with a wild bear in Canada was documented by a local resident.
The bear was initially charging at a herd of shep in the road, when a cyclist sped past, coming in the direct line of the moving bear. As shown in the video, the cyclist came meters away from the charging bear.
Visitor Bree caught the moment on camera and shared it to her Instagram, as reported by HITC at the time. “This guy [the bear] was ambling down the highway as we got to the parking lot but little did we know there was a herd of bighorn sheep hanging around as well. Turns out grizzlies can move pretty fast when they are chasing after prey,” Bree captioned the video.
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