Citizens in Tuttle, Oklahoma were asked to stay inside their homes Wednesday after a tornado damaged local zoo, Tiger Safari, allowing several Bengal tigers to escape. 

We're happy to report that the tigers have since been recaptured – but not before someone suggested that SyFy Channel pick up "Tigernado" as their next big thriller. Thousands took to Twitter to express their concern during the event, and well ... things got a bit ridiculous. We've rounded up some of our favourite tweets:

Of course, there's more where that came from – follow along using #tigernado

Top header image: Kelly DeLay & ellenm1/Flickr