My God!  They Shot Tigger!

"ttyymmnn" (ttyymmnn) 02/10/2015 at 14:04 • Filed to: None

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This is part of an escaped animal drill in Japan, the only country where this could possibly take place. Well, China, too.

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415s30 W123TSXWaggoIIIIIIo ( •_•))°) > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:06

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I love Japan, I want to stay there, going back in May!

Sam > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:06

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Wow, the handler on the right in the second photo looks to be genuinely in pain. I'd hate to see them during an actual animal escape.

PanchoVilleneuve ST > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:07

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TIL Tokyo Jungle is a documentary.

OkCars- 22k Crossroads > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:10

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That tiger deserved it! (See lion avatar)

HammerheadFistpunch > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:10

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oh noes a dangerous jungle cat has escaped! Quick to the Kei van!

CalzoneGolem > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:11

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Oh bother.

Satoshi "Zipang" Katsura > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:15

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Using a tinbox Honda for safari duty? RIP.

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:16

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When I lived in japan back in the 90's there was a cult, Aum Shinrikyo (Yeah, the guys that poisoned the subways) that was active in Nagoya, where I lived. The followers would always dress up in costumes like this and hand out flyers on the corners. They even kept this up for a while after their guru got busted. What is the moral to this story? If you see a guy in an fuzzy animal suit standing around anywhere in Japan, PUT HIM DOWN! (ecept for Funashi Funashi is cool)

McMike > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:19

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"Better luck next time"

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 14:40

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I've got to admit I'm wondering what this is. Some elements of the design are like a lighter MP5, and others like the US WWII M3. Very very lightly built, whatever it is - might be 22. I don't think it's an airsoft gun because the ejector port looks real.

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/10/2015 at 14:44

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Looks to me like it might be some sort of tranq dart gun. But it does have a magazine. I don't know a whole lot about guns, but I can't imagine it's more than a .22, and I don't think I want to go tiger hunting with a .22.

RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 15:03

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I didn't even bother going to the article to try to find out, because what the Atlantic doesn't know about technology in general and guns in specific could sink the Bismarck.
Whatever it is, is very inexpensively made and almost certainly in a pistol caliber. It's kind of similar to a PPSh as well as those I mentioned. Probably a low cyclical rate, too - if it were anything even remotely high I think that thing would shatter like glass. Compare with an Uzi, a Thompson, a Mac 11, an MP5 - most SMGs are far, far heftier.

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > McMike 02/10/2015 at 15:05

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The Pink Panther Theme song is now stuck in your head. "Du dun du dun."

You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much > ttyymmnn 02/10/2015 at 15:08

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Zookeeper in tiger suit mistaken for real tiger and shot with tranquilizer!

http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-w…

McMike > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/10/2015 at 15:26

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"And then I thought, why not get on the subway? They'll never look for me there. Next thing I knew, I was here drinking Gin and tonics."

ttyymmnn > You can tell a Finn but you can't tell him much 02/10/2015 at 15:26

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Truth is stranger than fiction!

ttyymmnn > RamblinRover Luxury-Yacht 02/10/2015 at 15:28

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I only read the Atlantic for their InFocus photo blog, which is fantastic.