The terrifying moment when a farmer in China narrowly escaped a wild tiger attack was captured on heart-stopping surveillance footage.
Residents of north China's Heilongjiang province were warned to stay inside after two men were viscously attacked by loose Siberian tigers early Monday morning - prompting a state of emergency as authorities hunted for the fugitive animal with infrared cameras and drones, Sixth Tone reported.
But one man in Boli County was given the fright of his life after he had a dangerously close encounter with the tiger - the first one that has been spotted in the area - as he went to check on the animal's whereabouts.
The one-minute video clip showed the retiree stepping out of his front door at around 6am Monday morning before heading further into his yard and closer to his large iron gate where a large animal flashed past.
Seemingly unbothered, he was then captured bravely closing the gate, which the roaring tiger charged and hurled itself against just seconds later - rattling the entire structure and knocking it back open.
'I thought the metal gate would protect me from a tiger attack,' the man told local media. 'I wasn't scared until it pounced on the gate.'
The man then rushed back towards his home - only slowing his speed and turning back around once he approached the safety of his front door, which thankfully left the tiger uninterested.
'I'm already 74 years old,' the man added. 'There's no way I could outrun a tiger.'
Surveillance footage captured the terrifying moment that a farmer in China narrowly escaped being attacked by a Siberian tiger right outside of his home
The video captured the man closing the gate after spotting the wild animal, which the roaring tiger charged and hurled itself against just seconds later leading to the man rushing back to his front door for safety