(Agencies)
Updated: 2007-12-03 19:11

A horrified Las Vegas audience watched as a tiger sank its teeth into Roy Horn's neck and dragged him off The Mirage casino's stage during a performance of "Siegfried and Roy" in October 2003, and doctors said the magician would never be seen onstage again. Looks as if the doctors were wrong.

Four years after retiring, German-born illusionists Siegfried Fischbacher and Horn say they may just reappear.

"A good magician never lets the cat out of the bag," Horn told the Las Vegas Review-Journal on Friday for a story about the pair's possible return to show business. "Act surprised when you hear about it."

Siegfried, 68, said he marvels at Horn's dedication to his recovery regimen, which includes daily rehabilitation and trips to a gym three times a week, including games of racquetball.

"It cheers me up," Siegfried told the newspaper. "All the doctors say what he's doing now is impossible. I've always said, 'I am the magician and Roy is the magic.' And Roy shows me every day the magic - the magic of life."

Horn, 63, gets a boost from visits to his family of animals at The Mirage, including Montecore, the white tiger that attacked him.

Horn and Siegfried remain convinced that Montecore sensed Horn was having a mini-stroke and was dragging him to safety, rather than attacking him.

"I hang out with my lifesaver," Horn said.