I’m guessing based on the fact that he attended the park alone, was wearing headphones, and was visibly excited to see the tiger and asked strangers to take pictures of him with it. This suggests that he may have had sensory issues and a special interest in tigers which would be typical of autism/aspergers.
I agree it’s not really enough to be certain and I don’t want to go too far down the path of speculation. But it seems very possible to me, and I’ve personally known people with severe autism who I could imagine putting themselves in harms way like this without realising the danger. And it’s just so sickening hearing people all over the internet talk about this persons’ death in such a callous way without knowing anything of his personal circumstances.
BigTwerp@feddit.uk 3 days ago
Below is the family’s statement so anyone paying attention already knows this. The victim was severely mentally ill and for his own safety couldn’t be taken out in public without a carer.
[Link to statement](BBC News - Family pays tribute to ‘warm and engaging’ man killed in tiger attack www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/ck054nvzr676o)
im_fine_sandy@nord.pub 3 days ago
It’s true that I’m not really paying attention to this.