178: John was attacked by a tiger

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🗓️ 31 May 2024

⏱️ 50 minutes

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On this podcast we’ve covered well over 170 crazy true stories, and several of those have been about animal attacks. I’ve had guests on who have been attacked by a rattlesnake, large dogs, an alligator, a monkey, a grizzly bear, an elephant, yellow jackets, and a shark. But we’ve never talked to a victim of a tiger attack – until today. Ironically, John was working in Russia as part of a conservation effort to protect tigers and other wild cats when this happened. And the only thing he had to protect himself from the lunging tiger was a road flare. Information about Panthera: https://panthera.org/who-we-are Where does Panthera work? https://panthera.org/where-we-work Panthera latest news: https://panthera.org/newsroom Donate to Panthera: https://panthera.org/support/protect-wild-cats If you’d like to contact Dr John Goodrich, you can send email to: info@panthera.org or through the Panthera website: https://panthera.org/contact Full show notes and pictures for this episode are here: https://WhatWasThatLike.com/178 Graphics for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai. Want to discuss this episode and other things with thousands of other WWTL listeners? Join our podcast Facebook group at WhatWasThatLike.com/facebook (many of the podcast guests are there as well) Get every episode ad-free, AND get all the Raw Audio exclusive episodes to binge, by joining the other listeners at What Was That Like PLUS. Try What Was That Like PLUS free: iPhone: at the top of the What Was That Like podcast feed, click on “Try free” Android: on your phone, go to WhatWasThatLike.com/PLUS and click to try it free on any app Sponsor deals: Go to Seed.com/what and use code 25WHAT to get 25% off your first month. Go to storyworth.com/what to save $10 on your first purchase! Get 15% off OneSkin with the code WHATWAS at https://www.oneskin.co/ #oneskinpod Cancel your unwanted subscriptions by going to RocketMoney.com/whatwas. This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at BetterHelp.com/whatwas and get on your way to being your best self. Go to cookunity.com/What or enter code What before checkout for 50% off your first week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	On this podcast we've covered well over 170 crazy true stories and several of those
0:08.8	have been about animal attacks. I've had guests on who have been attacked by a rattlesnake, large dogs, an alligator,
0:20.5	a monkey, a grizzly bear, an elephant, yellow jackets, and a shark. But we've never talked
0:30.5	to a victim of a tiger attack until today.
0:36.3	Ironically, John was working in Russia as part of a conservation effort to protect tigers and other wildcats when this happened.
0:46.7	And the only thing he had to protect himself from the lunging tiger was a road flare.
1:00.0	Real people in unreal situations.
1:10.0	There is a girl hanging by her broken leg from the telephone wire and I called 911 and I said I found a baby. I turned around. I see a gun pointed at me close enough I could touch it.
1:14.6	She would hold our heads on the water all the time.
1:16.8	He levels the gun, pulls the trigger, and I go down.
1:20.8	Her eyes were full of tears. She didn't want to leave us.
1:24.6	My hair catches on fire.
1:26.7	I swear to God, this image is burning my head for us, my life.
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