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:
lang="en-gb">Yes 😂😂😂😂😂 #tigernado pic.twitter.com/aiNyUWKb5t
— Corey Kraeger (@Kreggster) May 7, 2015
Alright guys... Who's turn to roll? We gotta finish this. #tigernado pic.twitter.com/gZ2ZheOChc
— Miss. Marie (@chaismarie) May 7, 2015
And the last known survivor Stalks his prey in the night And he's watching us all with the Eyyyyyyyyyyyyye of the tiger
— David Shiffman (@WhySharksMatter) May 7, 2015
2010: Hailpocalypse 2011: Snowmageddon 2012: Earthquakes 2013: Thundersleet 2014: Quakenado 2015: Tigernado 2016: Dino...volcano? #okwx
— Jordan Smith (@Doafhat) May 7, 2015
Get inside... RIGHT MEOW!!!! #Tigernado pic.twitter.com/GQLQQIJl1t
— NOTDaleJR88 (@NOTDaleJR88) May 7, 2015
Free at last, free at last...God Almighty, we are free at last. #tigernado pic.twitter.com/m0IzYtBV7C
— Laura Shodall (@south_bae) May 7, 2015
#Tigernado #okwx pic.twitter.com/NQPFaRWTvw
— Scott McClellan (@bamasevere) May 7, 2015
lang="en-gb">#okwx #Tigernado #News9 pic.twitter.com/aM4IjY71Oe
— Christina Cupcake (@wwrecipediva) May 7, 2015
Of course, there's more where that came from – follow along using #tigernado
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