This piece is entirely satirical as a part our April Fool’s edition, the Trinibonian.
Rusty orange fur with midnight black stripes traced across the pelt. A creature that prowls amidst the misty campus, scaling brick walls, stalking in the grass, and dipping in the fountain. He’s an ancient legend of Trinity University: LeeRoy.
Recent sightings of LeeRoy began a few weeks ago, and Trinity residents proclaim to have footage of the supposed tiger-like man. Beatrice Weasleton, sophomore animal science fanatic, reported seeing the tiger-morphed man to the Trinibonian.
“I SAW HIM! I SAW HIM!” Weasleton said. “He was 5’10 with a human-like stature, coarse orange fur with black stripes all over his body. He wandered around on all fours, had square black glasses, and would meow, ‘PAWS UP!’ in a nasally high-pitched voice.”
Weasleton is not the only witness of Trinity’s legend. SGA 2027 senator Taddy Tovall reported having a similar experience but with more knowledge of the creature’s history.
“His name is Manny Win and he is the student body president of Trinity University,” Tovall started. “Manny is his human self during the day for public relations events, but by night, he morphs into a tiger, fighting crime, saving lives, and checking the SGA budget. I know because I saw it myself.”
Tovall works closely with Win through student government. One night, after a late-night meeting behind Dicke Hall, Tovall was peeping behind a pillar when she saw Win get down on his knees, look up into the full moon beaming down upon them, thinking he was all alone, then roar: “PAWS UP!” and morph into the orange beast of LeeRoy.
“I gasped when I saw his true form, but honestly, I wasn’t surprised. Of course Manny is a tiger. It checks out,” Tovall said.
Trinity’s legend of Leeroy continues, as senator Tandrew Tillips pointed out it is written in the student government constitution that each student body president must pass down the mystical powers to the next student body president.
When asked, neither Win, nor the new student body president for the upcoming year Toy Treola agreed to comment. The sworn secret remains hidden in the old traditions of the student body government handbook for generations.
