The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... fear of attracting the dread man - eater . This is what terror meant to the people of Garhwal , and to the pilgrims , for eight long years . I will now give a few instances to show you what grounds there were for that terror . A boy ...
... fear of attracting the dread man - eater . This is what terror meant to the people of Garhwal , and to the pilgrims , for eight long years . I will now give a few instances to show you what grounds there were for that terror . A boy ...
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... fear of physical contact with the leopard , was their even greater fear of the supernatural , of which I shall give you an example . I set out from the small one - roomed Rudraprayag Inspection Bungalow one morning just as day was break ...
... fear of physical contact with the leopard , was their even greater fear of the supernatural , of which I shall give you an example . I set out from the small one - roomed Rudraprayag Inspection Bungalow one morning just as day was break ...
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... fear of falling it was always the water , and never the rocks , that I thought of . Added to the discomfort of the wind , I suffered tor- ment from a multitude of small ants , which entered my clothes and ate away patches of skin ...
... fear of falling it was always the water , and never the rocks , that I thought of . Added to the discomfort of the wind , I suffered tor- ment from a multitude of small ants , which entered my clothes and ate away patches of skin ...
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Alaknanda Alaknanda river animal Badrinath barking BARSIL bazaar Bhainswara BHATGAON bridge bushes called carnivora carried climb crossed cyanide dark depression distance dogs door eaten eater evil spirit feet fifty yards fish followed foot footpath Garhwal gin-trap glade goat Golabrai grass ground GWAR head hill hillside hind human kills hundred yards Inspection Bungalow kakar Kedarnath kill the leopard lantern later left bank leopard of Rudraprayag light lying machan mahseer man-eating leopard Mandakini river mango-tree meal minutes morning mountain Naini Naini Tal path patwari Pauri petromax pilgrim road pilgrim shelter platform poison possible prayag previous night pug marks pundit ravine rifle river rock Rudra sadhu sahib scrub jungle seen shoot shot side sight sitting sleep square miles steep steps telescopic sight thornbushes tiger told took track trap tree veranda village walk watched woman