Watch a tiger meander through rush hour traffic in Qatar

Commuters in Doha had to deal with a tiger-related traffic jam on Tuesday.

In America, we have traffic jams caused by naked women dancing on trucks. In Qatar, apparently, tigers cause similar issues. 

Just when you thought the 2022 World Cup couldn’t seem any more ill-advised, a tiger got loose on the Doha Expressway Tuesday morning and had a grand old time dashing between the stopped cars. 

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Here are some more photos we received - apparently this was on the highway this morning. #unconfirmed #DohaTiger pic.twitter.com/E4aYQ2QyOJ

— Qatar Living ® (@qatarliving) March 8, 2016

A guy (hopefully the big cat’s owner) was eventually able to coax it out from under a car.

#بالفيديو.. صاحب النمر الذي كان طليقا في طريق 22 فبراير يسيطر عليه بعد سحبه من تحت إحدى السيارات#قطر #الدوحة #الوطن pic.twitter.com/6yoNirbkQv

— جريدة الوطن (@al_watanQatar) March 8, 2016

Keeping wild animals as pets is illegal in Qatar (but not in a bunch of U.S. states), so the country’s Ministry of Interior says it’s investigating the incident.

- Dan Gartland

[via Slate]