man-eater

It is rare for leopards to attack humans but Mr Ashraf says that there can be cases where the animal turns into a "man-eater" - not because it has tasted human blood, which is the popular but erroneous notion, but because humans are easier prey.

Dubbed the "man-eater of Champaran", the beast was killed after a hunt by around 200 police officers and district officials.

Ajay jumped to his feet as if an enormous man-eater were about to pounce.

“It was the Titanic of shark attacks,” said Richard Fernicola, a New Jersey physician and author of “Twelve Days of Terror,” an account of what became known as the Matawan Man-Eater.

Although the deaths of three people were ascribed to the tiger, T-23 "was not a man-eater," says Niraj.