[Leica] Tiger shooting in Bandhavgarh

[cummer at netvigator.com (H&ECummer)]

Hi Larry and Jayanand,
I admit the adrenalin flowed when I saw my first tiger in the wild but  
I never felt threatened in any way.
Perhaps I just didn't know enough history! As brave as Mr. Sharma was  
(is)
he was not a genial host. Perhaps he has  recurring dreams about  
tigers attacking.
Another lovely series, Jayanand, thank you.
Cheers
Howard

> Date: Tue, 13 Apr 2010 07:51:39 +0530
> From: Jayanand Govindaraj <jayanand at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Leica] Tiger shooting in Bandhavgarh
> To: Leica Users Group <lug at leica-users.org>
>
> Larry,
> These sort of incidents are so rare as to be insignificant. You can  
> get
> Howard's response on whether he ever felt threatened, even with wild  
> tigers
> 10 feet from his open jeep. The most famous case in Bandhavgarh is  
> one where
> a female with a broken jaw jumped into a jeep and mauled a French  
> tourist a
> few years ago - this was because the jeeps had encircled her, and  
> she could
> not get away, and the pain from the broken jaw, which meant that she  
> was
> probably also starving did the rest. Incidentally,  the tourist was  
> saved
> because the owner of the hotel where we were staying, Rajvardhan  
> Sharma,
> jumped into the jeep and pulled the tiger away with his bare hands!
> Cheers
> Jayanand