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Show Evidence That Tigers Select Human Victims might have killed aim, retuined, making mak-ing a great racket by beating drums so as to keep the tiger away. "The man descended and joinod his companions. They were walking quietly, single file, through the Jungle, when suddenly there was a flash of orange and black and the doomed man was carried off by the tiger. It is related, also, that m' man was the fattest of the group." Man-eating tigers of the Indian jungles jun-gles sometimes appear to single out a certain person and go after him, ig noring all others until they get him. points out Gen. William Mitchell, the noted flying officer, in an article in Liberty. The general tells a story lo illustrate his point. "A native became separated from his companions in the jungle and was chased by a tiger." he writes "He succeeded in climbing into a tree, while the tiger remained on watch below. "After a while," General Mitchell continues, "his companions, noting his absence and suspect:ni, that a tiger |