Tiger Gets Jungle Fever; Attacks Malaysian

Not Tiger Woods. A Bengal Tiger attacked a man while he was squirrel-huntin’ in his Malaysian Jungle backyard. And his wife beat the tiger off with a spoon.

From the AP here:

A woman in a jungle region of northern Malaysia rescued her husband from a tiger attack by clubbing the beast on its head with a large wooden soup ladle and chasing it away.

The tiger pounced on Tambun Gediu while he was hunting squirrels Saturday near his home in a jungle settlement. Tambun’s 55-year-old wife, Han Besau, rushed out when she heard his screams and struck the tiger on its head with a kitchen ladle, causing it to flee immediately.

Tambun was receiving treatment at a hospital for lacerations on his face and legs. He told Malaysian media that he first tried to escape by climbing a tree, but the tiger dragged him down.

“I was terrified and I used all my strength to punch the animal in the face, but it would not budge. I had to wrestle with it to keep its jaws away from me, and it would have clawed me to death if my wife had not arrived.”

Tigers don’t want people eating their squirrels. Clearly.