This video goes over some historical accounts of man-eaters, mostly in India and Africa, but also touching on accounts from the Americas. Unless you have read the books by Jim Corbett, who professionally hunted man-eaters in India, or read about the lions of Tsavo (or watched the film, The Ghost and the Darkness) you will probably have not heard of most of these incidents.
The most amazing thing about many of these incidents is how prolific of killers were many of these animals. We're talking about animals (or sometimes a pair working together) that would kill dozens or even hundreds over periods of years. We have nothing comparable in North America from bears or mountain lions.
Moreover, unless written about by the hunters, we generally have no records of these occurrences, so the actual occurrences was probably much higher.
VIDEO: "The Leopard of Rudraprayag and Other Man-Eaters"
The History Guy: History Deserves to Be Remembered (18 min.)
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