Mysuru (TAN): Two motorcyclists in South India had a narrow escape when a Bengal tiger gave them a chase while they were passing through the Nagarhole National Park.
In a chilling video take by one of the riders that has gone viral on social media, a Royal Bengal tiger is seeing first running along the road with the bike and quickly cutting across the road in a bid to grab the two wheeler. The bikers sped up and escaped.
Media reports said the incident took place Saturday on the Kerala-Karnataka border on the fringes of the national park.
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Apart from more than 70 Bengal tigers, the Nagarhole National Park is home to leopards, elephants, sloth bear, several kinds of antelopes and wild boar.
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