That's frightening.A few days ago I shared Ram Singh's heartwarming story with you and you responded with a resounding "whatever." Well I share with you another story, a more....sinister story, from the eastern parts of India, this time it's West Bengal (not to be confused with West East Pakistan). Fatik Halder was fishing in the Sunderbans mangrove forest when he was attacked by a tiger. Yes a tiger. What ensued was a 20 minute battle during which Fatik was repeatedly clawed and bitten on his chest. Due to the slippery conditions in the forest the tiger wasn't able to wrestle Mr. Halder to the ground where it would surely have killed him. No, Fatik was able to escape the tiger's powerful jaws due to the memory of his father's death at the paws of a tiger. Yes, Fatik Halder's father was killed by a tiger twenty years before setting off a Hatfield vs. McCoy type vendetta that would impact several generations of tigers and peoples. Fatik, inspired by the thought of his wife and two children and spurred on by his desire to avenge the death of his father, was able to fend off the tiger and stagger back to his village. Unfortunately he lived in the middle of no where and had to travel ten hours to Calcutta to get medical help. He's alright now, no word on the tiger. However, just the day before Halder was attacked, Narayan Das received the Roy Horn, of Siegfried and Roy, treatment when a tiger clamped down on his neck, the men with Das fought off the tiger with kitchen utensils and sticks but Narayan Das perished before he could make it back to the hospital.
......Remember that Jungle movie with Govinda?...yeah that was cool.
This is effing terrifying...
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