‘Tigers on the highway’: Video of big cats walking across road goes viral after Anand Mahindra’s tweet

Tribune Web Desk
Chandigarh, August 24

Well, it’s not every day that you see a tiger crossing a road, and the sight is bound to frighten the living daylights out of most.

Now, imagine two tigers casually walking across the road. In a video doing the rounds on social media, two tigers can be seen roaming on the road as a motorcycle is seen parked on the side.

In the 1.43-minute clip, the two wild cats are seen coming out of the forest area towards the road as nearby vehicles stop to let the animals pass.

A man, who is also recording the video, is heard trying to calm the people and requesting them to avoid making any noise as the tigers approach the vehicle.

After wandering around the area for over a minute, both the tigers move towards the forest area. “So our XUV isn’t the only big cat on the highway… Magnificent,” tweeted Mahindra while sharing the undated clip, which has garnered over one lakh views.

The site at which the video was shot remains a bone of contention with social media users. Some claimed that the video is reported to have been shot earlier this month at Mahabaleshwar Road, Panchgani. However, others claimed that the video is much older and was shot near Tadoba Tiger Reserve in Maharashtra.

Some other users claimed that the footage could have been shot in Pench National Park in Madhya Pradesh. One user wrote, “This is not from Panchgani Mahabaleshwar road. As per their language, it’s from Tadoba or Pench side region Vidarbha.”

Meanwhile, the post received much praise from users for Mr Mahindra’s smart comparison. One user was astonished at how Mr Mahindra always found a novel way to promote his brand. “Great how you are putting your SUV into every single story,” the user wrote.