The Leopard of Gummalapur
a man-eating leopard that killed at least 42 people in the Devarabetta and Gummalapur villages in southern Karnataka, India. The leopard was active over an area of 250 square miles. The fear of the leopard was so great that villagers would stop going out of their homes after dusk. The leopard did not stop at this and soon started attacking people in their homes. It would tear through the thatched walls of the village homes and drag away people to devour them. On one occasion, it even managed to kill all four members in one home. The leopard was eventually shot down by Kenneth Anderson. He later noted that the leopard had an injury that prevented it from hunting its natural prey.