A man mauled to death by a tiger at a Yorkshire zoo had been ‘praying and bowing’ on all fours before being attacked, witnesses have claimed.The victim, believed to be in his 20s, had climbed into the enclosure at Yorkshire Wildlife Park at lunchtime on Saturday, when he was fatally injured by a 30-stone Siberian tiger in front of families.Several visitors to the park have described the man behaving ‘strangely’ before he entered the compound – and suggested he may have had learning difficulties or mental health problems.Anthony Hunt, 22, a university graduate, and Scarlet Hogan, 21, a pharmacy worker, first encountered the man as they parked up at Yorkshire Wildlife Park.

Mr Hunt said: ‘We saw a guy walking very fast, dancing as he was walking with AirPods in.’We saw him again, flying past the back of our car, walking fast. We thought he might have special needs, so we forgot about it.’After wandering the zoo for a little while, the couple headed to the tiger enclosure, where they again saw the man behaving erratically.He was by himself, dancing with his phone out by the canopy. He was just very out of place. We just walked past him. Both tigers were on the wooden platform,’ Mr Hunt said.