Woman Who Climbed Into The Lion’s Den At Bronx Zoo Identified
The woman caught on camera inside the Bronx Zoo’s lion enclosure has been identified as a Brooklyn resident — whose friends said she has gone off the rails in the past year.
The brazen daredevil, identified by sources as Myah Autry, 32, posted videos of her walk on the wild side to Instagram on Saturday.
“I REALLY HAVE NOT FEAR OF NOTHING BREATHING,” she wrote in one caption. “ANIMALS CAN FEEL LOVE JUST LIKE HUMANS.”
In another video where she can be seen standing in the giraffe enclosure, she writes, “ LITERALLY I HAVE THE SAME DIET AS A GIRAFFE.”
New York Post reports:
Police are now hunting for the woman to slap her with a trespassing citation.
But Autry on Wednesday flaunted her stunt with new pics on Instagram — including one of slain rapper Tupac Shakur and a lion, and a painting of the biblical Queen of Sheba flanked by two lions.
“Something snapped somewhere,” former house mate Eunice Walton, 63, told The Post. “When I saw the video of the woman walking towards the lion, I said, ‘Why do people do this? People are crazy.’ ”
“And then (Wednesday) morning I found out it was her and I was like, ‘What? Myah?’ ”
Autry had been living with Walton and her daughter on Pacific Street in Brooklyn, but lost touch in recent months.
Walton’s daughter, Akisha Wallace, 31, said she and Autry “grew up like sisters,” but the two grew apart over the past year.
“I didn’t think it had gone that far,” she said of the zoo videos. “I want her to get help. I need her to get help because I’m scared for her.”
Autry has been busted for trespassing before — in West Burlington, Iowa, where police said she got rowdy at a Trailways bust depot in January.
She was arrested Jan. 10 and ended up spending more than two weeks in jail before being cut loose.
Thankfully, Myah wasn’t hurt during her encounter with the lion at the Bronx Zoo and hopefully she will get the help that she needs.
