Remember the story of two friends coming face-to-face with a bear in a forest? One of the two friends climbs the tree to save his life and the other, not knowing how to, lays on the ground, breathless, pretending to be dead.

Well, that lesson turned out to be useful for this man who pretended to be dead when a tiger had both his paws on the man's chest.

Yes, that is right. IFS officer Parveen Kaswan recently shared a video of a man lying under a tiger, with their faces extremely close to each other with the caption, "You want to see how does a narrow escape looks like in case of an encounter with a #tiger. #Tiger was cornered by the crowd. But fortunately, the end was fine for both man and tiger. Sent by a senior."

You want to see how does a narrow escape looks like in case of encounter with a #tiger. #Tiger was cornered by the crowd. But fortunately end was fine for both man and tiger. Sent by a senior. pic.twitter.com/1rLZyZJs3i Parveen Kaswan, IFS (@ParveenKaswan) January 25, 2020

Another Twitter user shared the full 30-second video in the comments. He also said that the incident occured in Tumsar in Bhandara district, Maharashtra. The spine-chilling clip shows a tiger running freely in the fields trying to avoid people who have surrounded him and are trying to shoo him away.

Tumsar in Bhandara dist., Maharashtra. January 25, 2020

In his quest to run away, the scared tiger grabs a human. When he sees that people are still approaching him and trying to scare him away, he gets up and runs away for his life. All this while, the man who was captured by the animal lays still on the ground and does not make an attempt to get free.

This is what stuck with Twitter and they are praising the man for his presence of mind.

The reason why he is alive today!! Wow!! Sahab (@sahabsree) January 25, 2020

This must have been a horrifying and the most adventurous experience for the man. I am sure he must have used his brain to keep calm and hold the breath to show as if he is dead to escape. And for the tiger- God is great that he did not use is extra brain Himanshu (@himanshu_tiwari) January 25, 2020

bilkul sahi yr.... yamraj wapas chala gya iske liye to Prashant (@PrashantSainii) January 25, 2020

Hope tiger will be relocated safety .. naveen bhat (@neo55812) January 25, 2020

we need extensive training and sensitization across the country to educate people how to step back safely and give that space to our wild. will keep both out of harms way. Raghavendra S (@ragh_twt) January 25, 2020

It’s not tiger’s fault we humans have destroyed their habitat,where will these animals go ,we need to conserve their population or else they will be extinct soon dhondup namgyal aka danny (@DhondupNamgyal) January 25, 2020

I am glad the Tiger was not harmed Tranquility Base (@TranquilityBas9) January 25, 2020

I think both man and tiger encountered the situation well. Akili (@Ravikumar_Akili) January 26, 2020

WOW! GREAT TIGER! LUCKY MAN!! Dinesh Rathore (@plasticcow53) January 25, 2020

This is just scary.

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