Tigers eat the flesh of other animals in the forest. Generally, a tiger does not kill another tiger to eat it, for the tiger only loves the flesh of other animals. The tiger is a fast animal, but when it grows old, it becomes slower and cannot run quickly like the rest of the animals.
But the old tiger, despite being slow, can catch a human, for a human cannot run at the same speed as a tiger. Therefore, a human becomes an easy prey for tigers or other predatory animals. After a tiger eats human flesh once, it becomes difficult for the tiger to eat any other flesh. This type of tiger is called Man-Eater, the tiger that eats human flesh.
In one of the forests in India, there was a tiger that turned into a man-eater. This tiger killed many women and men wandering in the forest. These humans entered the forest to gather wood for heating, or to gather fruits or roots of different plants.
After the incidents were repeated, humans completely stopped entering the forest. The man-eating tiger decided to go out to search for new prey. He would go to the neighboring villages from time to time. The tiger killed humans and domestic animals.
An atmosphere of extreme terror began to spread among the residents of the neighboring villages. Therefore, it required intervention from the government to do something to save the residents. Indeed, the government summoned one of the most famous tiger hunters to help the villagers catch the predatory tiger.
Indeed, the hunter agreed and began studying the situation in order to set a strong plan to catch him. This hunter was an expert in capturing predatory animals and had great experience in dealing with tigers in particular. He loved wildlife, and despite that, he did not like killing predatory animals for the pleasure of hunting or sport. But he never hesitated for a day to kill tigers that ate human flesh, for this was considered help to the villagers who were afraid for themselves and their children from the attacks of the predatory tiger.
The hunter arrived at the village with his special rifle. The rifle was extremely powerful. It could kill large and strong animals like lions, tigers, and even elephants. The hunter began gathering all the information he needed to know about the tiger’s attacks.
He began choosing a place to hunt the tiger from, after knowing that this place was frequently visited by the predatory tiger. The place was on the outskirts of the forest. The hunter began building a small fortress for himself. The fortress was camouflaged with the same color as the natural appearances in the forest. It was elevated where the hunter placed it on one of the strong tree branches.
The hunter tied one of the small calves under the tree on which he had established the fortress and waited all night, but the predatory tiger did not come. The hunter thought that perhaps the tiger felt someone watching him, so he decided not to risk his life.
The hunter decided to change the plan and returned to the village again. At the same time, the predatory tiger came out, killed the small calf, and dragged it inside the forest. When the villagers saw what had happened, they hurried to inform the hunter of what had happened.
Then the hunter decided to go search for the predatory tiger in the forest. The hunter walked behind the traces of blood from the small calf. The hunter reached the place of the predatory tiger and climbed one of the trees. The tiger was eating the flesh of the calf he had killed. After he finished, he stretched out to rest.
The hunter descended slowly and moved with extreme caution until he reached the tiger’s place. The tiger was asleep, which made the hunter hesitate to shoot him. But after remembering what the predatory tiger had done to the village people, he decided to open fire. Indeed, he fired two bullets into the head of the sleeping tiger, and the tiger died at that moment. The hunter came out carrying the tiger’s body. The village people rejoiced and felt relieved and safe. The government honored the hunter for his extreme courage.
Translated from the story: The Death Of A Man-Eater