Thought l mite share this in a thread as some may find it interesting, particularly Tiger enthusiasts.
Many years of reading Corbetts books over and over inspired my trip to India in 2011 and never in a million years did l ever imagine what l would come to witness. It was as though l had stepped back a 100 yrs in time.
A young rogue male which had taken 6 villagers from Nov 2010 to Jan 2011 before it was gunned down by officials on this morning while l was the first car stuck at a road block 100m from it's last victim.

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Go to Youtube.com and type Maneater of Senderkahl.

My Apologies, try this, it works at my end.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wbzzT5TKt4

Hi Monkeyhunter, I gotta ask if you actually hunt monkeys?
I can imagine the Phillipines to be a very wild place for Sport & Game Hunting, the game birds of that region are exceptional.

Fantastic. Corbett's books were some of the best hunting tales ever written.

Yes indeed and having witnessed humans dealing with such an occurrence turns tales into nightmares. Imagine being a farmer living in fear with the Champawat man eater or the leopard of Rudraprayag back at the turn of last century.

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Yes indeed and having witnessed humans dealing with such an occurrence turns tales into nightmares. Imagine being a farmer living in fear with the Champawat man eater or the leopard of Rudraprayag back at the turn of last century.

I think living at Champawat or Rudraprayag would even be a risk of Tiger even today. Perhaps not as bad though.

Yes indeed Ozhunter.
I will say though, when l was in the Corbett Park, everyday l would see infant children playing in the forests while their parents would work clearing the aftermath of monsoonal rain destruction and no more than 200m from where they work & play l sat and listen to the resident big male Tiger roar in rut and if you have never heard this sound, l tell you that you will not be mistaken and you will instantly know what the hell made that noise. His roar sometimes goes on for minutes and to my amazement this does not stop the children from playing or the parents from working.