Close brush with the king: Bikers’ encounter with tiger in the forest road, that’s nerve wrecking. Watch
Mobilenews24x7 Bureau
Indian roads have fair share of flora and fauna flanking. Many roads in India run through forest expanses,, so encountering a wild animal is nothing new. But, when it is with the King, the tiger, that becomes a bt different.
There are many such incidents that involve wild animals too. With the rapid development of cities and villages, the human civilisation is entering many areas where wild animals are abundant and on some occasions, close encounters may happen.
The internet is splashed with several videos showing close encounters of humans with lions and tigers, which can be both scary and fascinating to watch. Adding to the list of such videos, recently, a pair on a bike had an uncomfortably close encounter when they missed a full grown tiger on the road by s whisker!
The shiver inducing, now viral video was shared by IFS Sushant Nanda on Twitter
Watch the video here:
As long as one doesn’t have a back gear in the bike, use common sense in the back of your mind & drive slow in wild habitats.
Via Ramesh Pandey. pic.twitter.com/7fBnwJUJiH— Susanta Nanda IFS (@susantananda3) December 21, 2022
In the video’s opening scene, a tiger is seen crossing a road as a biker speeding up approaches the road. The bike’s driver cautiously begins to reverse as the tiger comes near them. Fortunately, the tiger left the area after a short while. The clip is presumed to be taken by someone sitting in a car waiting for the wild animal to leave
While sharing this undated video, Nanda wrote, “As long as one doesn’t have a back gear in the bike, use common sense in the back of your mind & drive slow in wild habitats. Via Ramesh Pandey.”.
The video shared on Wednesday has garnered over 87,000 views, and more than 2600 likes. Many appreciated the bikers and the car driver for remaining calm, and not provoking the tiger.
One user wrote, “Luckily they didn’t provoke the animal by honking or trying to drive past it.” Another wrote, ”The ideal way at least in these zones is to wait for the vehicle in front to pass. If he is waiting then you also need to wait behind and not just overtake. He is lucky and not it’s lunch, fortunately.” A third said, ” The bikers would have been at risk had the other vehicle not been on its side” Another commented, ”The way he kept his cool!!! Striped monk for a reason.”
Another person raised the demand for wildlife corridors and wrote, “@nitin_gadkari @MORTHIndia kindly elevate these roads so this kind of interaction is eliminated completely and the animals can roam without being disturbed..we encroached their lands not the other way around so kindly elevate the road”. The user also tagged Nitin Gadkari, the Minister of Road Transport and Highways, and the official Twitter account of Ministry of Road Transport and Highways.
The video was a wake up call for people who forget that there are other forms of life in the jungle. Roads running through forests are always perilous to a certain degree as there is a risk of animal encounters. It is always advisable to nor speed on these road and be very cautious. It is also important to remember that honking or creating noise of any sort can agitate the wild animal who have the capability to se severely harm human beings.
