For years, Siegfried & Roy claim their animals haven’t been involved in any other attacks. But the truth is shocking, even to people who knew the magicians. Wild Things: Siegfried & Roy is an Apple Original podcast, produced by AT WILL MEDIA. Listen and follow on Apple Podcasts. Apple.co/Wild_Things
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I was at my parents house before I went to work.
My mom was a stay at home mom and so she was always there.
Scotty Briscoe is a seamstress working on Siegfried and Roy's show at the Stardust Hotel and casino.
There's something magical about it.
Six nights a week for ten years, I had maybe one week off, but it was like you couldn't wait to get to work.
I never wanted to stop.
It was just, I loved it.
On this fall afternoon in 1985, Scotty is in her family's living room killing time before work when the phone rings.
Hello?
My mom was pretty much in shock.
They said that my dad had been bit by one of the tigers at six of those house.
Ladies and gentlemen, the superstars of magic.
The mystifying, the most outstanding act in show business.
Siegfried and Roy.
Siegfried and Roy.
Siegfried and Roy.
You had a chunk of your arm.
Taken out by a lion.