Roy horn’s tiger attack Video showed how a tiger brutally attacked him while he was performing on the stage back in 2003.

When Mantacore brutally assaulted Roy Horn, the white tiger, on October 3, 2003, Siegfried and Roy’s death-defying animal-taming performance nearly ended in tragedy.

The German-American combo has rekindled interest thanks to the new Apple podcast Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy, which explores the lives and careers of the pop culture titans. It’s also exposed old scars from the incident where a performance went bad and effectively ended their careers.

The “What Went Wrong?” episode of the Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy podcast details the sad event in front of a live audience. 

In his Las Vegas home Siegfried Fischbacher, one-half of the renowned magic duo Siegfried & Roy, passed away from pancreatic cancer. When he passed away, he was 81 years old.

Only a few months have passed since Roy Horn, Fischbacher’s performance partner, passed away at 75 due to complications with COVID-19.

Roy was attacked by a tiger Onstage.

The illusionists and performers Siegfried Fischbacher and Roy Horn were arguably best renowned for their work in Las Vegas with real white lions and white tigers. 

They had been performing the Siegfried & Roy show at the Mirage Resort and Casino until the event.

The pair had been using exotic animals for 44 years by the time Horn’s 59th birthday, October 3, 2003, rolled around.

Mantacore, a white tiger who was then seven years old, was left on stage with Horn during a show part, and Horn held up the microphone to the animal’s mouth to greet the audience.

Chris Lawrence, the animal handler for Siegfried and Roy, provided his version of events to The Hollywood Reporter in 2020.

He recalled that almost right away during this routine, Mantacore strayed well off his target, which resulted in Horn making a significant blunder. 

“Right in Horn’s centre was the face of the Mantacore. Roy’s failure to follow protocol contributed to uncertainty and unrest.”

Mantacore bit at Horn’s arm and grabbed his sleeve in his mouth when Horn improvised and asked if he’d like to say “hello” to the audience. 

Horn yelled “no” again and tapped the animal on the nose with his microphone until the animal released his grip.

Horn was then knocked to the ground by Mantacore when he swiped at his feet. Then, leaping at him, he bit at his neck before dragging him offstage. 

It took four men and a fire extinguisher to get the tiger off him; the observer is heard saying in the Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy audio. 

The blood of Horn, who suffered a stroke after the attack after Mantacore hacked through a vertebra and severed an artery that supplied blood to the right side of his brain, covered the stage.

Dr. Allan treated him

On October 3, 2003, Dr. Allan MacIntyre took Horn to the hospital in Las Vegas.

He claimed that initially, he had no idea what to expect. Horn had significant puncture wounds to his neck, which the level I trauma unit at the hospital swiftly found.

According to MacIntyre, the tiger’s teeth penetrated far enough to severe blood vessels and cause internal hemorrhaging seriously.

Coates reported that Horn was discharged from the hospital roughly a month after his admission.