The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag |
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... rifle and covered the stone , intending to fire the moment it was again obscured ; but there is a limit to the time a heavy rifle can be held to the shoulder , and when the limit had been reached I lowered the rifle to ease my aching ...
... rifle and covered the stone , intending to fire the moment it was again obscured ; but there is a limit to the time a heavy rifle can be held to the shoulder , and when the limit had been reached I lowered the rifle to ease my aching ...
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... rifle would not be quite accurate , so while he took a pair of powerful field - glasses from their case , I loaded my 275 rifle . Our plan was that while Ibbotson concentrated on the portion of the hill along which we expected the ...
... rifle would not be quite accurate , so while he took a pair of powerful field - glasses from their case , I loaded my 275 rifle . Our plan was that while Ibbotson concentrated on the portion of the hill along which we expected the ...
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... rifle , and a little later Ibbotson returned his field - glasses to their case . One chance of killing the leopard had gone , but there were still three chances left , so we were not unduly depressed . Shortly after dark it came on to ...
... rifle , and a little later Ibbotson returned his field - glasses to their case . One chance of killing the leopard had gone , but there were still three chances left , so we were not unduly depressed . Shortly after dark it came on to ...
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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