The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... night , in spite of his reputation of not returning to his kills , I was firmly convinced . My clothes were still wet after the stiff climb , but a compara- tively dry jacket kept out the chill wind ; so I settled down into my soft and ...
... night , in spite of his reputation of not returning to his kills , I was firmly convinced . My clothes were still wet after the stiff climb , but a compara- tively dry jacket kept out the chill wind ; so I settled down into my soft and ...
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... night in the tree when I could sleep comfortably in bed . Neverthe- less , I assured him I would sit all that night in the tree , and for nine nights thereafter , for if I was not able to kill the evil spirit I could at least guard his ...
... night in the tree when I could sleep comfortably in bed . Neverthe- less , I assured him I would sit all that night in the tree , and for nine nights thereafter , for if I was not able to kill the evil spirit I could at least guard his ...
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Jim Corbett. During all those ten nights the barking of the kakar on the first night was all that I heard . That the man - eater was still in the vicinity we had ample proof , for twice within those ten nights it had broken into houses ...
Jim Corbett. During all those ten nights the barking of the kakar on the first night was all that I heard . That the man - eater was still in the vicinity we had ample proof , for twice within those ten nights it had broken into houses ...
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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