This real-life Calvin just found his Hobbes

Marshall Shaffer, 2, has found the way to this tiger’s heart.

Michelle Jaworski

Updated on June 1 2021 2:24 am CDT

Two-year-old Marshall Shaffer went to the Point Defiance Zoo in Tacoma, Wash. on Halloween dressed as a tiger cub. Thanks to that disguise, he made quick friends with Kali, a gorgeous 6-month-old Sumatran tiger cub that lives in the park’s tiger exhibit.

In the video, the new pals play a game of tag. But don’t worry: Marshall, giggling as he races back and forth, is blissfully safe thanks to the thick glass barrier between them.

H/T Clipnation | Photo via Marshall Shaffer/YouTube

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Michelle Jaworski

Michelle Jaworski was a staff writer and TV/film critic at the Daily Dot. She covers entertainment, geek culture, and pop culture and has covered everything from the Sundance Film Festival, NYFF, and Tribeca to New York Comic Con and Con of Thrones. She is based in Brooklyn.