Pench National Park

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Via: On October 4, 2025, in Pench, India, a surreal moment was captured on CCTV. Raju Patel, a 52-year-old labourer, patted a tiger he mistook for a "big cat" after a late-night card game, tipsy from homemade liquor. Raju stumbled onto a street where a sub-adult Bengal tiger, displaced by monsoon floods, had wandered from the nearby Pench Tiger Reserve. Unfazed, Raju approached, muttering, "Move aside, kitty," and gently touched its head. For 5-10 minutes, they stood together-he even offered it a swig from his bottle, which it ignored. Forest officials later arrived with spotlights and mild tranquilizers and guided the exhausted tiger back to the woods by 3 AM. No one was harmed, and Raju became a local legend, shrugging, "It was just a pussy cat." As new information emerges, Raju is now under heavy police protection and has blocked his Social Media account - he was apparently being hounded by the entire local married male population who were demanding access to the recipe for the homemade liquor.. 😂😜😂 https://x.com/dekhane_mukul/status/1983341643937001513