Farmer’s ‘slow reaction’ to tiger ramming goes viral

A shocking video of a Siberian tiger running wild in northern China has gone viral.

Surveillance footage shows a Chinese farmer leaving his front door in Boli County with a bucket in his hand, just as a tiger runs past his gate.

The man then opens the gate, presumably to investigate what he has just seen. He looks into the distance for a few seconds before quickly returning to the garden and closing the gate behind him.

Seconds later, a huge tiger appears. The tiger then rams into the iron gate and forces it open with his enormous strength. The farmer runs to safety, looking back several times.

Fortunately, the tiger did not enter the yard and jump over the fence, which, given its size, it could easily have done. However, social media users were more shocked by the man’s ‘slow response’ to the danger, with many saying he did not run fast enough for them.

“Where is his survival instinct?! He moves without fear or sense of urgency. I hope someone has a conversation with him,” said one Instagram user.

“It took him five business days to respond,” another user noted.

Some compared his reaction to something straight out of a movie horror movie – running in slow motion while wasting precious seconds by looking back multiple times.

“Bruh, he runs like he’s in a 2000s horror movie,” one person wrote. Another added: “The movies don’t lie. There are still people who watch it every time.”

A third commented: ‘Close the gate and then stand in front of it. Why? And he closed it so slowly.”

“Did he just land on Earth? His reaction to a TIGER chasing him was too calm,” said a fourth person.

The man explained why he wasn’t running at Super Saiyan speed. “I’m already 74 years old. I can’t possibly outrun a tiger,” says the farmer said in an interview.

According to local media reports, residents of Heilongjiang province have been advised to stay indoors or go out in groups after the sighting. A 65-year-old rancher in the area was attacked by a Siberian tiger on Monday.

He almost lost his hand after being bitten by the wild animal. He was rushed to hospital, where he underwent surgery. The man’s son told a radio station that there were two tigers walking around. However, officials have not confirmed the number.

According to a July 2024 report in the VolksdagbladChina’s Siberian tiger population has “grown following a concerted effort to save the endangered species.”

The Siberian tiger is one of four protected subspecies in China, including the Indochinese tiger, the Bengal tiger and the South China tiger.

Main image credit: X/People’s Daily, China