The Man-Eating Leopard of Panar 

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Leopards are arguably one of the most well-adapted animals to hunt humans. Strong enough to overpower a person, yet small and lithe enough to sneak through a village/small town without causing a ruckus. Good climbers and already experts at hunting large apes. It is little suprise to me to see how a leopard could become a "man-eater".

Anyone who hasn't done so should read Corbett's Maneaters of Kumaon, More Maneaters of Kumaon and The Man Eating Leopard of Rudraprayag. They are must reads. Corbett was wonderful at setting the scenes.

I love the tact of not calling attention to the torch-bearers running away. He's just, "Fair. I wouldn't have wanted to stick around without a shotgun, either."

For about 30years, Jim Corbett is my Number One writer in hunting, adventure theme. He was exceptional man. I have friends from that region, and still all remembers and respect him after about a hundred years later.

Even in the Maneater of Rudraprayag book Corbett assumed the same reason for the leopard turning to hunting humans. In those regions back then, people being too poor, they'd just shove a piece of burning coal into a cholera victim's mouth (as their funeral rites, instead of proper cremation) then drop the body off ledges. It was quite easy for a wild animal to come across one of these corpses to get a taste of human flesh. The Rudraprayag leopard became more cunning because failed attempts by other hunters made it more disabled (cyanide burn in half its mouth, bullet wounds, one half of a front paw blown away etc, iirc) so it had to rely on cunning to hunt physically weaker prey.

I didn’t even realize this was posted an hour ago, I’ve heard a summarized version of some of Jim Corbett’s stories so I’m really enjoying the more detailed telling of these stories. It’s like you’re putting me in the shoes of someone who was right there with him and I greatly appreciate that!

Always a happy day whenever you upload.

Man eaters of Kumaon: "400 kills!" Leo. du Panar: "We are not done yet."

Please do more videos like this, amazing content Wild World

Leopards may not turn to man-eating as quickly or as notably as Tigers or Lions do, but it should be noted that when they do... they're actually better adapted for it, and much of this relates to the niche that the Leopard occupies in both Africa and Asia... For while Lions and Tigers are the apex predators in both regions... it should be noted that their evolution has begun to move them toward a focus on large ungulates. They prefer to hunt LARGE game, and game that can be pretty dangerous to hunt. Which can, of course, lead to injuries that would then force that Lion or Tiger to turn to man as an alternative after the injury. The focus on large game can also then leave both of these larger cats so instinctively specialized to hunt something like deer, Guar, Wildebeest, Cape Buffalo, and so on, that when environmental circumstances force them to prey on other animals that are smaller, they run the risk of injury from hunting and killing animals they don't usually hunt. Some of Corbett's stories have followed hunts to man eating Tigers, and with one, they eventually found that its paws and forelimbs were riddled with porcupine quills that had left areas of serious infection. This reflects on just how specialized toward a very specific type of prey that Lions and Tigers have focused on. In contrast, because the Leopard is so much smaller than the Lion or Tiger, it cannot fight with either of its larger relatives. In fact, in Africa, Leopards will often get bullied by Spotted Hyenas and African Wild Dogs (assuming that both arrive in numbers) because of its smaller size. In Asia, Tigers, adult Sloth Bears, adult Asiatic Black Bears, and various subspecies of Brown Bear can easily bully Leopards off kills... and Tigers may even eat Leopards from time to time. Wolves and Dholes may also bully Leopards, assuming they have decent numbers. And because of this, Leopards have evolved more to be a generalist mid-range predator. They can kill some of the things that Lions and Tigers rely on, but they often prefer things that are smaller... In India, while a Leopard could kill an adult Sambar Deer, with ungulates, they'd prefer the smaller Axis Deer. They also add in various other food sources that go beyond just ungulates and thus giving them experience with hunting various other animal species that won't respond the way deer do and may have defenses different from deer. For example, Corbet also notes that Leopards don't seem to have the issues with the Indian Porcupine the way the Tiger does. This reflects a broader diet and gives them something of an advantage over both Lions and Tigers. For because Lions and Tigers are so specially adapted to hunt large ungulates... they are also the most affected by ecological changes that come as a result of Human civilization consuming the wild lands. Leopards don't quite have that issue, as many small to medium sized animals that also frequently show up in the Leopard's diet are NOT as heavily affected by man's activity as the larger animals are. This in a sense brings them closer to Humans and can have them being more accustomed to Humans in ways that Lions and Tigers are not. And while Humans are not necessarily a regular part of the Leopard's diet, they have been known to regularly prey on primates of various kinds. Monkeys in Asia and Africa are at times killed by Leopards. Occasionally Gorillas and Chimpanzees are also killed by Leopards. So... they may not focus on man, but they're going to be well aware of the potential of man as a food item. And because they can survive in areas where man is active more easily than Lions or Tigers... they will also be more confident and potentially aggressive when they do so. Which is what sets up a lot of what Corbett suspects was the catalyst for the Panar Leopard turning man-eater.

What's kinda crazy to me is that there haven't been any confirmed instances of man-eating in jaguars despite them basically being identical to leopards in all but name and a few aspects, and despite them ruling the roost _way_ more in their respective habitats than leopards do.

I own a first edition copy of Corbett’s Man-Eaters of Kumaon. It occupies a very proud place in my home library. He was a great man.

Thank you for depicting this particular animal, less famous than the Rudraprayag leopard, although it has the highest number of kills of all time, along with the Champawat tigress.

That’s the type of peppers that when it attacks you all you can say is “clever girl” Edit: I’m pissed off that I just now noticed it says peppers but im keeping it cause its funny

Perfect upload timing, rainy day outside, after taking a big test, perfect video to watch while relaxing a bit 💪💙

The river rescue was crazy

You have a wonderful audiobook voice & interesting extra things I’d never heard before even after having read most of his books.

Very good video. I had somehow never heard of the leopard of panar, so this one was all new information for me. I reckon i'll rewatch this one a lot So yeah, great job!

Gustav the Nile Crocodile: "Those are ROOKIE numbers!"

I really love your content. Especially about the real creatures, it is so interesting.

Never clicked faster in my life when I opened RU-vid and saw this recommend 🥰🥰🥰

I've never heard of man eating jaguars, but what about cougars or whatever name you use for them? Maybe a video on them can come in future?

Excellent job sharing this story! Thanks!

Lol, I can just imagine Panal watching that guy crossing the river thinking "he better not take off with my god damn coat" and then the worst happens for him!

Whoa! A man hunting a leopard accidentally used the room of a leper? Sometimes the puns found in history are better than the ones people make up...

Excellent story telling 👏 One thing that strikes me about these man-eating big cats is that although they are often found to be sick or injured, they also seem to posess an unusually high level of intelligence and cunning. I wonder why this is. Is it that it takes a very smart animal to successfully hunt humans while evading their attempts at hunting it? Is it just embellishment for the sake of the legend? Or are all big cats this smart and we just don't appreciate it until we go against them?

So that’s where Jurassic park got the goat scene from

Great to see you cover this case. Leopards are one of the most dangerous cats showing you don't have to be the biggest or strongest to kill prey bigger then you. What could have been the reason? Maybe humans were easy prey or just had a taste for human blood? It's a big question. Look at the past before man intervened Leopards in Africa hunted apes such as gorillas and chimps cause they bleed very easily and don't have good defences ad night their the devil to all primapes. Great video👍🏻 looking forwards to more on the legends of Jim Carrbett. A real beast hunter.

Excited for another upload

All through hearing this account, I had a song stuck in my head... "Oh, here she comes! Watch out boy, she'll chew you up! Oh, here she comes! She's a man-eater!"

Theres an amazing youtube channel that reads Jim Corbett's books here on youtube.

Upon first glance I thought title was about a Man who eats a Leopard 🐆 😂😂😅

Just wanna giv a massive shout out to u my brudda, all your contents on fire, God bless u bruv and a massive thankyou for all of your amazing stories, u tell them all so well, God bless you 🙏💣

Y'know, Corbett looks a lot different than what you'd picture from his impressive trackrecord of putting down maneaters. A lot of people seem to see him as less of a _person_ per se and more like a real-life mythological hero or demigod, sent to slay all the worst monsters Mother Nature set against man. But then you see a picture of him, and he's.. just a guy.

Love this content 😎.

In one of his books, Peter Hathaway Capstick gives a compelling argument for why the Panar Leopard more than likely killed more people than the Champawat Tiger.

7:37 Y'know, it was kind of hard to pay attention to the narration during this B-roll, because I couldn't help but focus on how just.. sleepy that leopard looks. Dude was _not_ ready for the shoot that day.

If any one want more maneater stories then start reading books of Kenneth Anderson and Jim Corbett

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Such a great story, i love this sort of content! Youre voice is so relaxing and easy to listen to also, keep up the great work man!

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Another excellent presentation 👏

Weirdest, most incompetent guide ever? Lmao “No, no, ess flat ground. Ess flat like my hand.” Proceeds to take the group up and down a dozen different hills. “No, no, ess safe crossing. Rivur cross easy here.” Proceeds to get swept away, and has to be saved. “Okay guis, i no wanna cross safe rivur crossing again. I go home with this guy.” Proceeds to abandon the group by heading off with the one dude lmao

Leopards are one of my favorite animals. They are the black ops of the animal kingdom.

Love these types of videos keep them up

What a fascinating video, can't wait for the next one on the even more challenging and cunning leopard

It's truly astonishing that the two highest-scoring man-eating cats of all time, a tiger and a leopard with over 800 known kills between them, would both have been shot by the same man, only three years apart. This is why I've always preferred nonfiction to fiction - because you just couldn't make this shit up. 😅

great episode

Brooo two videos in two weeks?! ❤

Next do The Bachelor of Powalgarh please

that man is a legend! i love your videos

I'm looking forward to the next tale! I'm beginning to like Mr Corbett 🙂

I find these maneater videos really interesting and well put together, great work 😊

"He had only eaten a few berries, but he was still shitting himself"

Let's go new wild world video

What a hidden gem of a channel!

This was a great video man

Jim Corbett *intense music* is the funniest thing I've ever heard. But yeah, he was a legend in India.

Another excellent video! Thanks!

King of Leopards.

Rudraprayag leopard: I've got 125 kills under my belt Panar leopard: THOSE are rookie numbers, boy

YESSSSS MY FAVORITE RU-vid POSTED AGAIN

Corbitt is a legend ❤❤❤❤

Clicked soooo quick

Any chance that the next video is about the second leopard?

I would love to learn more about the hunter

So, considering the time the Minotaur was created, I think it’s likely that the bovid DNA came from the now-extinct Aurochs, which I think is pretty cool.

I would be so god damn angry at the 20 people who ran. 20 men against one leopard could win even without a gun, if I´ve told them its too dangerous to do in the dark and they convince me to go anyway they better not run

Thans for the story’s !

Thanks

A banger vid as always

They should make a movie of this

Serious question: Are the Ghost and the Darkness on that list? Do they count? I'm just curious. It's my favorite story about the subject.

@wildworld6264 What is the first song that plays?

Great video!

With more habitat being lost more and more leopards are turning to computer dating to find a partner

That poor goats Great video

This is why you never go into the wilderness unarmed !!!!!!!!

Great story thank you

Poor kitty

What are the odds of these two predators doing their business at almost the same time? Has to be astronomical.

At tippie hedrons shambala i was photographed with a cheetah or a leopard. It was as you would see a dog as to meet this creature. They say to be carwful but I wasnt careful at all. This was in 1984 so this was different from today on gow we were able to do whatevwr the fuck we wanted

I’m glad you haven’t done the Jersey shore attacks, that event has been done to death.

Wasn't there a guy who strangled a leopard with his bare hands?

"All twenty ran" sounds about right.

what animal is the number 3 spot?

Do you have a discord server?

If you must kill something and you have only your hands do as the leopard does and go for the throat. Thankfully, leopards are essentially not a threat to man, and there's never been a recorded case of jaguar attacking a human unprovoked. It is we that are the threat to them, unfortunately.

Corbett didn't fire "multiple shots" at the charging leopard. He fired what we in America call buckshot, but apparently what he called "slugs." There are usually 9 large lead pellets in a load of buckshot, any one of which could be lethal. He only fired one load of "slugs" into the leopard's chest.

No harm no foul.

In the first example, was this the 13 y/o husband and 12 y/o wife?

They let the leopard into the buffet a few hundred times too many.

OT: You have to be Canadian

It's crazy the leopard ignored a helpless tied up goat but went to chew on Corbett's ass instead. Like it preferred eating people.

leopards are excellent at hunting primates and humans are primates. There are cases of leopards killing gorillas.

great vid but why didn't he shoot the leopard with his double barrel shotgun? ( 28:10 ) Im hoping to get an answer :)

I would never live in a rural area without weapons.

Leopard or jaguar

Damn I’m late to the party!