[b][u]Gary Riley[/u][/b]

Gary had just accepted the fire extinguisher, when the familiar-looking man from earlier suddenly appeared to lose his nerve and open the door far too earlier. Gary mentally cursed at that - what was the idiot thinking?

On his phone, he quickly Googled "How to survive a tiger attack."

[b][u]Method 1 Surviving an Actual Tiger Attack[/u]

1. Try to remain calm and back away slowly. In the event that a tiger is tracking you or has begun to snarl at you and seems ready to attack, try to stay calm...
2. Make yourself big. Try to look and feel brave...
3. Repel an attacking tiger with noise...
4. Do whatever you can to survive.[/b]

Number four was not particularly helpful, and neither was number three, considering it was cornered, and chasing it out of the washroom or diner would just send it out into the streets...

In hindsight, this idea was borderline idiotic.

And then he realized someone was yelling over the chaos, about how this was some sort of prank. He was about to yell something along the lines of 'Shut the #!@$ up!', but thought better of it. Then he had an idea. A mad, perhaps even suicidal idea, but if it worked he would be a hero.

He quickly googled "will a fire extinguisher scare off a tiger", and then skimmed through the results.

[b]'Another great tool to scare the predator and have them release the victim is a CO2 fire extinguisher, which was used in the 2nd Missouri tiger attack to...'[/b]

That was all he needed. Confirmation bias at its finest. 

He set his phone on a nearby table, resting it against a salt shaker so that it would have a full view of the action. Then, with fire extinguisher in hand, he rushed towards the door, pointed it at the tiger, and unleashed foamy hell. "GET OUT NOW WHILE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE!" He shouted to whoever was still in there.

If he was lucky, the sudden noise, pressure, and burst of foam would distract the tiger long enough for the woman to escape.

If he was unlucky, he was dead.