New footage shows harrowing final moments of man mauled to death by Tiger at UK zoo

Disturbing new footage reveals the terrifying moments just before a young British man was mauled to death by a tiger after jumping into its enclosure and taunted the big cat to come and kill him, according to harrowing eyewitness accounts. Several people had noticed the man, now identified as 20-year-old William Chapman, as he walked around Yorkshire Wildlife Park near Doncaster, England on Saturday, October 10th. He was pacing around with his headphones in and happily dancing, witnesses said, with one even catching audio of him asking her to take a photo of him with the Siberian tiger behind him. Shortly after, as Chapman started climbing the fence, a woman close to him tried to stop him but wasn't strong enough to hold him back, witness Anthony Hunt told The Telegraph. Eerie footage purporting to be filmed by Chapman himself inside the enclosure, then shows Altai, the Siberian tiger that mauled him to death, lying atop a wooden platform. The young man then got down on his knees in front of the tiger as if he was praying and bowing down to the 420-pound animal before he started taunting it, Hunt told the Times of London. He had his arms wide open like he was saying, come here tiger, kill me, the horrified onlooker recalled. Further shocking footage shows Chapman yelling no and stop repeatedly at Altai as the fully grown tiger lunged at him in front of horrified families and children. I tried to stop him. I tried to stop him. According to witnesses, the tiger eventually grabbed a hold of Chapman's neck and began to drag him in a bloody scene. Park workers fired two warning shots into the air with a shotgun to scare off Altai and try to reach Chapman. Paramedics were scrambled to the zoo just after 1.30 p.m. local time, but Chapman was pronounced dead at the scene, with staff working quickly to evacuate the park. Yorkshire Wildlife Park remained closed the following day. Park authorities revealed on Monday that Altai was safe and well and confirmed he would not be euthanized following the attack.