Big cats attack in Nepal

Scary stuff. Reminds me of the writings of John Corbet, John patterson, Peter capstick and others. Maneaters have always been a fascinating yet terrorizing topic for me. The Lions of Tsavo were dragging railroad workers out of their tents nightly, only to stop a few yards away and loudly crunch the bones of the victim. The consensus is they were amatuers! The real expert maneaters are nothing short of horrifying. Leopards seem especially adept at hunting humans. Some experienced with these killers have opined the leopard may actually hunt humans for sport at times. When I was much younger, I had a job where I worked outside late at night. I read several Peter Capstick books while at that job. The funny thing was, even as a young man who, as most young men are, felt ten foot tall and bullet-proof, I would get a chill up my spine at times from the maneater stories! In particular, the story of when he had to hunt over the body of a young victim to await the killer's return. I'll never forget that story, as I imagine Capstick never did and took the terrible images to his grave with him. I've long said nature has given us much scarier things than Hollywood could. Thanks for posting Jay.
 
John,

Most man-eaters are either too weak, ill or lost their natural weapons (fangs or claws) and human happened to be the slowest amongst all.
Though some stories are truly chilling, i have yet to believe the gigantic croc of Burundi, Gustave actually devoured that many humans.
Logic tells me that it's most likely corpses from the civil war made an easy meal which later became a staple for it ; the notorious marshy tiger of Sunderbans are one of it.

The tragic incidents of Champawat and Lions of Tsavo were indeed killer for sport.
 
Spectre said:
Capstick made up a lot of stuff.

John
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I read from one source that he "borrowed" adventures and such from others and recounted them as his own. This seems likely, at least in some of his writings. Either way, that man could tell a story! He really had a wonderful style and way with words. He's one of the few writers I really have no complaints about in any way. He also wrote about historical figures and, as far as I know, this was accurate. Take care.
 
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