The Man Who Believed He Was a Tiger

A science journalist interviewed a man who believed that he would transform into a tiger. “When it starts to happen, all my hairs stand upright,” he said. “The hair all over my body becomes erect. Then I get a spiky, itchy feeling over my body and my beard. It starts with a pain in my left leg, then it moves to my right leg, then to my arms. I start to feel an electric-like sensation going through my body. Then it feels like I want to bite someone. I can’t control it, I just know that I am turning into a tiger. I want to attack you before you attack me.”

From “The Man Who Mistook Himself for a Tiger” by Helen Thomson on Medium; Photo by Ian Robinson 

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