The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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What reason they had for thinking that the leopard crossed from bank to bank of the Alaknanda river by the Rudraprayag suspension bridge I do not know ; anyway they decided to confine their efforts to this bridge and shoot the leopard ...
What reason they had for thinking that the leopard crossed from bank to bank of the Alaknanda river by the Rudraprayag suspension bridge I do not know ; anyway they decided to confine their efforts to this bridge and shoot the leopard ...
Page 39
It was generally believed that the Alaknanda offered no obstacle to the man - eater and that when he found it difficult to obtain a human kill on one bank , he crossed over to the other bank , by swimming the river .
It was generally believed that the Alaknanda offered no obstacle to the man - eater and that when he found it difficult to obtain a human kill on one bank , he crossed over to the other bank , by swimming the river .
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There were no drag marks , but the blood trail was easy to follow , and it led us to a flat bit of ground , four feet wide and twenty feet long . On the upper side of this narrow strip of ground there was a perpendicular bank eight feet ...
There were no drag marks , but the blood trail was easy to follow , and it led us to a flat bit of ground , four feet wide and twenty feet long . On the upper side of this narrow strip of ground there was a perpendicular bank eight feet ...
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able Alaknanda animal appeared approached arrived asked bank blood body bridge bungalow called carried climb close crossed dark dead decided direction distance dogs door early eaten fear feet field fire fish five followed foot four Garhwal getting give goat gone grass ground half hand head heard hill hope human hundred yards Ibbotson jungle kill later leaving leopard light lived look lying man-eater miles minutes morning mountain never night object passed path pilgrims poison position possible pug marks ravine reached returned rifle river road rock Rudraprayag seen shelter shoot short shot showed side sight sitting sleep sound started steps taken tell tiger told took track trap tree turned village waiting walk watched wide woman