The big cat had escaped briefly after his time in the ring Saturday at the circus Shrine of ISIS in Salina. Staff members locked out the concourses in the Middle as the Tiger wandered bicentennial in bath, where a gate was locked.
At about the same time, Salina resident Jenna Krehbiel decided that she needed to use the bathroom. When he walked in the door he had not locked out, he found a tiger Standing about 2 feet away, The Salina Journal reported (http://bit.ly/11eq218).
"You don't expect to go into a bathroom door, they closed behind you and see a tiger walking towards you," Krehbiel said.
Chris Bird, manager at the center of the bicentennial, said the toilet was only 25 feet long.
"Once we saw the Tiger, I'm sure she knew to go to the other side," said the bird. "Overall, it was a scary moment, surreal. I'm glad no one was hurt or injured.
The tiger was captured in a few minutes and returned to his enclosure.
Krehbiel, a social worker, said she doesn't scream or run because she is trained to remain calm.
"Looking back, it was a scary ordeal," he said. "At the moment, I was thinking that I just need to get out."
Krehbiel said that 3-year-old daughter had a different reaction.
"My daughter wanted to know if they had washed their hands," Krehbiel said. "That was his only concern. I think that shows the thoughts of children and who do not have known there was no danger ".
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