Tigger needs
anger management classes

Tigger the loveable tiger a friend of Winnie the Pooh was video taped striking a teenager at the happiest place on earth.

Home video footage shows 17 year old Jerry Monaco Jr. standing next to Tigger, played by Disney World employee Michael J. Fedelem, as the family posed with the character Saturday. Then the character appears to smack the teen in the face.

Now an investigation is underway. A spokeswoman says park officials have temporarily suspended the employee while they investigate the accusations. In a statement, Disney World said: "We received the complaint alleging that a character struck a guest; guest and character altercation is not tolerated. The Orange County sheriff is launching an investigation and we are conducting our own investigation and we have suspended the cast member pending the outcome."

Monaco said that before he tried to take a photo Tigger appeared irritated when a little girl attempted to get an autograph ."So at that point he's waving and got his pen," Monaco said. "I didn't know what was going on. I figured out that it wasn't on a clear sheet of paper, he couldn't sign it. So I thought, 'No big deal.' Then my family came up, they were two or three people behind them. That's when this whole thing took place."

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