Man Survives Siberian Tiger Attack by Jamming His Arm in the Beast’s Jaws

Man Survives Siberian Tiger Attack by Jamming His Arm in the Beast’s Jaws
Tori, a 2-year-old male Siberian tiger, growls in its enclosure at a zoo in Tbilisi on Nov. 27, 2017. Vano Shlamov/AFP/Getty Images
Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
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A hunter told of fending off a vicious Siberian tiger attack by jamming his arm in the predator’s jaws to keep it from “going for my neck.”

Dmitry Korchevsky, 39, told the Siberian Times he wrestled with the wounded beast for 10 minutes before it finally gave up–and died.

But the Russian is now reportedly the subject of an investigation into whether the attack took place while he was poaching the endangered cat.

Tom Ozimek
Tom Ozimek
Reporter
Tom Ozimek is a senior reporter for The Epoch Times. He has a broad background in journalism, deposit insurance, marketing and communications, and adult education.
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