Man Eater of Wynaad

[Heym SR20]

Having once sat up for a cattle eating lion in Zambia, I can empathise with the writer of this story. Sitting up for a maneating tiger with just a rifle and a flashlight- probably something with D Cells and an old filament bulb in the days before maglights were the thing.

The Killer of the Wynaad - Sporting Classics Daily

To the south-west of the city of Mysore lies the heavily forested area of the Kakankote jungles, for centuries the home of many herds of wild elephants that are partial to the kind of jungle that grows in this district. The rainfall is heavy and the vegetation is luxurious. Giant bamboos, rank...

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[Heym SR20]

The author of the above piece was quite a character. We rather forget that Britain and the Indian sub continent have a very long and interlinked history with many British families having many generations being born and died in India.

Kenneth Anderson (writer) - Wikipedia

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[Frank Homes]

Having once sat up for a cattle eating lion in Zambia, I can empathise with the writer of this story. Sitting up for a maneating tiger with just a rifle and a flashlight- probably something with D Cells and an old filament bulb in the days before maglights were the thing.

The Killer of the Wynaad - Sporting Classics Daily

To the south-west of the city of Mysore lies the heavily forested area of the Kakankote jungles, for centuries the home of many herds of wild elephants that are partial to the kind of jungle that grows in this district. The rainfall is heavy and the vegetation is luxurious. Giant bamboos, rank...

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You can find this story in his book The Tiger Roars.