Leopard of Rudraprayag

The Leopard of Rudraprayag is claimed to have killed over 125 people before being killed by famed big cat hunter and author Jim Corbett.

For eight years no one dared move alone at night on the road between the Hindu shrines of Kedarnath and Badrinath for it passed through the leopard's territory. In fact few villagers would step out of their houses. Apparently, the leopard was so bold that it would break down doors, leap through windows, or claw through the mud- or thatch walls of huts. The British Parliament requested Corbett's aid in the autumn of 1925. In the town of Rudraprayag there is a sign-board which marks the spot where the leopard was shot. There is a fair held at Rudraprayag commemorating the killing of the leopard and people there often consider Jim Corbett to be a Sadhu.

References

* "The Man-eating Leopard of Rudraprayag", Jim Corbett, Oxford university press, ISBN 0-19-562256-1
* [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0461274/ IMDB page]