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He was seen first by the gravedigger, a man who was nearly blind, and who did not trust his eyes to tell him that a tiger, braced on its hind legs, was rummaging through the churchyard garbage heap, mouthing thistles in the early-morning sunlight.
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But he could not imagine anything more terrifying than a tiger.
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David Villalobos, who is hospitalized in stable condition, told police "his leap was definitely not a suicide attempt, but a desire to be one with the tiger, " according to Paul Browne, chief spokesman for the NYPD.
CNN: NYPD: Tigers' den jumper not drunk or crazy