Was Don Lewis fed to the tigers? Hear from the former volunteer whose job it was to feed them | Forensic Files

the things that were being said about him being fed to the big cats i i was always well women i fed the big
cats so if you want to talk to something then talk to me because that was that was my
route until until 2000 and at that point they only had a couple of adult tigers they had
cougars and they had leopards it wasn't something like a you know 50 tigers or something out
there so i would know if they're if something in their food changed if they're if they're if they weren't eating these
were these would have been things that i would have known about and and again would have
been happy to discuss with the sheriff's department i never saw a grinder that would
accommodate large pieces of uh you know of a human being so so i always felt like these were all
kind of mislaid accusations that um that just weren't they they were more urban myths than anything
else i felt like do you think we'll ever know what happened to him i think there are people
out there that that know what happened i think it's just a question of the right people asking the right
questions and there's a lot of people out there asking questions i don't think don left his money and his
animals willingly he was way too happy with what he was doing and he liked what he had and and
he liked his money and he wouldn't have willingly just walked away from it

Former Wildlife on Easy Street volunteer Jim Moore explores the theory that Carole Baskin may have fed her second husband Don Lewis to their tigers back in 1997 when he vanished.

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Brief Summary

A former big cat employee discusses doubts about Don Lewis's disappearance and the myths surrounding it.

Key points

Mysteries of the Big Cats. Discussion about the rumors of being fed to big cats and the reality behind it.
The Search for Truth. Speculation on whether the truth about his disappearance will ever be uncovered.

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Episode quotes

I never saw a grinder that would accommodate large pieces of a human being.

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