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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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 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