Stuffed tiger causes 45-minute police standoff at Scottish farm

Scotland, United Kingdom – A couple of scaredy cats if you ask me! 

A fake tiger caused an upROAR at one Scottish farm over the weekend. Local police had a 45-minute standoff... with a stuffed tiger.

"It's true — our officers had a roaring shift on Saturday night," the North East Police Division wrote in a Facebook post.

I can hear it now.... "Drop the catnip and step away from the sandbox! You will be wearing stripes for this!"

The incident began when Bruce Grubb, 24, thought he saw the large cat lurking on his farm in Peterhead, Scotland and quickly called police.

Officers arrived at the scene but remained in their vehicles to figure out the best strategy, the Scottish Sun reported.

"I had absolutely no doubt it was real," Grubb told the newspaper. "I got a hell of a scare. I was worried it was going to eat all my cows before police managed to shoot it."

After a still, nearly hour-long stare down with the alleged beast, Grubb inched closer in his truck, only to discover the animal was a stuffed toy.

Police said armed officers were sent to the scene "as a contingency," but were not deployed. "Until you know exactly what you are dealing with, every option has to be considered," Peterhead Inspector George Cordiner said.

Grubb, who was hosting a small party at the time, denied that alcohol impaired his judgment and said he hadn't drank because the 200 pregnant cows on his farm "could drop at any time."

"I was stone cold sober, drink had nothing to do with me thinking it was real," he told the Sun. 

Despite the false alarm, police praised Grubb's decision to make the call when he thought he was in danger. "We appreciate that it was a false call made with genuine good intent," Cordiner said.

They even asked an embarrassed Grubb if they could keep the stuffed tiger as a mascot.

It’s unclear how the stuffed toy got in the shed.

We believe the officers definitely earned their stripes. We really think They'rrrrrreeeee  grrrrrrreat!