Cape Town – Police have reportedly launched an inquiry into the matter of William Mokoena who was attacked by the escaped tigress Sheba in the Walkers Fruit Farms area, south of Johannesburg.
The tiger allegedly escaped from its cage and attacked the 39-year-old man and a dog in the area, said police spokesperson, Colonel Dimakatso Sello in a statement on Sunday.
Mokoena’s neighbours who came to his rescue when they heard his cries for help, said they found him on the ground after he had been bitten by the tigress on his leg and right thigh, reported TimesLIVE.
One of the neighbours, Flora Maseko, who allegedly came face-to-face with the tiger, said she shouted voetsek when she and her partner encountered the predator.
Mokoena who lives to tell the ordeal said he used his hands to ensure the tigress doesn’t reache his face but it went for his legs.
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“However, I don’t know where I got the strength to be calm in the midst of the whole thing. I kept focusing on its face and following the movement of its body. My cousin eventually came to my rescue and it ran away,” Mokoena was quoted saying by Sowetan Live.
