‘Loose tiger’ reported in Washington Heights was really a raccoon
<p>Reports circulated online this morning that a tiger was roaming the streets of Washington Heights - turns out the loose animal spotted was a raccoon. </p>
News 12 Staff
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Apr 12, 2018, 7:54 PM
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Updated 2,198 days ago
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Reports circulated online this morning that a tiger was roaming the streets of Washington Heights - turns out the loose animal spotted was a raccoon.
A notification on the Citizen app said police were responding to unconfirmed reports of a loose tiger.
Reports say the NYPD got a call about the situation around 8:30 a.m. Police did get to the bottom of the situation and confirm the animal was in fact a raccoon.