LSU fans are mourning the news that the school's live tiger mascot, Mike VI, only has a month or two to live. But none are as upset as a Logansport, Indiana, man who never attended the school.
Steve Cotner, after all, raised Mike.
Cotner, 57, was a daily volunteer for Great Cats of Indiana, where Mike then named Roscoe was born 11 years ago. Cotner was assigned to care for him after being separated from his mother at 2 weeks old.
"Everywhere I went, he was following me or right beside me," Cotner said. "We had four or five people in there, but he would always come to me. So, I guess he picked me over me picking him."
