“The local community had to take extreme precautions to protect themselves from the man-eater prowling the outskirts of town.”

“There was his machete, to be sure, but what was this against the claws of a man-eater?”

“And so the debate continues, even now: slavering man-eater or virgin bride?”

“We'd have heard if people were being savaged by vulpine man-eaters.”

“Until scientific evidence became available, the most famous tales centred invariably around man-eaters, narrated by the shikari or hunter-turned-conservationist.”

“The famous shikari used to say that big cats did not become man-eaters unless they were forced into it, usually by injuries which prevented them from hunting their usual prey.”