Myah Autry says she has become a lion two months after shooting to notoriety for climbing into a lion enclosure at the Bronx Zoo and taunting one of the apex predators (Pictures: NBC New York)

A woman who shot to notoriety after climbing into a lion’s enclosure at a zoo claims she now identifies as one of the creatures.

Myah Autry told a reporter that she is in fact a reincarnated lion while en route to appear in court for a shoplifting charge in Kearny, New Jersey.

Autry said: ‘I am the lion now. Can’t you tell? Have you ever heard of reincarnation?

‘Do your history young man!.


‘Do your history, it’s called reincarnation. I am the lion now.’

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Myah says she did not mean to anger the lion whose enclosure she entered, insisting she ‘loves’ the animal (Picture: NBC New York)

Autry shot to notoriety in September after nonchalantly climbing in to the carnivorous creature’s enclosure at the Bronx Zoo in New York.



She danced in front of the creature and taunted him, but managed to escape unscathed.

Despite her reckless behavior sparking an outcry, Autry remains totally unrepentant about her risky behavior, and claims she was never in any danger thanks to a small moat between her and the lion.

Autry told NBC New York: ‘I fear nobody. No animal, no human, no one. So no, I wasn’t fearing of the lion because the lion loved me.

‘That’s why he came to me and I let the lion know: Lion, I love you.’

Autry is still wanted by the NYPD on criminal trespass charges over the lion enclosure incident, and says she will hand herself in to officers when the time is right (Picture: NBC New York)

Myah refused to comment on the shoplifting allegations against her.

She is still wanted on a criminal trespass charge over the Bronx Zoo incident, but says she will hand herself in to police on an unspecified date.

And Autry even had a message for her lion ‘friend,’ telling him: ‘I love you lion, hope they treating you right in the zoo. Know Myah love you.

‘I didn’t mean to mistreat you or nothing.

‘I seen how you came to me. We connected. To the kids, respect your parents please. Your teachers. Authority.’