I absolutely love listening to you tell this story. I am an old lady in a nursing home, but when I hear you tell this tale, I'm a little girl again at my Mothers or Grandmothers lap. Feeling the cold wind hearing the crunchy snow as the words twist together into a captivating story. Thank you for rekindling this magic for me. Kim
@@theemirofjaffa2266 hes not a murderer. hes a starving beast who lost his ability to hunt because of a human. he had no other xhoice but to hunt slow prey.
When tigers and lions develop a taste for humans it can be a fearsome thing. Even a heavily armed human is at grave disadvantage against something like a tiger. And tigers are not dumb. In the days of colonial India, there came about a particular type of pistol called a howdah pistol. The howdah is the combination platform and saddle that humans sit in atop an Indian elephant to ride it. Europeans would hunt big game, including tigers, from the backs of these elephants. The problem was, if they startled or wounded a tiger, the tiger was smart enough to ignore the elephant and identify the real threat, the humans riding in the howdahs atop them. A tiger could cover fifty meters and be literally in your face in the howdah in mere seconds. So what the howdah pistol was, was generally a cut down elephant rifle, made into a pistol. It had to be so massively powerful that the one, maybe two shots you could get off before you had a face full of tiger, had to have effect. Likewise, in such close quarters a rifle was next to useless. Considering that many of the finer English-made double-rifles developed for hunting huge dangerous game would have cost, even back then, thousands of dollars (they were all to a one hand-made) it had to be some powerful motivation to take a hacksaw to one of them. But generally speaking, tigers and lions are too big to make a habit out of hunting humans. Sure, they're easy to kill but not much of a meal for cats that big. And every man-eating tiger or lion was in essence a rank amateur at it, succeeding only because humans are so easy to kill. If you want to take a look at the real experts, you have to look at the leopards. The main difference is that for the truly big cats, they evolved to hunt much larger game. That's the reason for the size and, in the case of lions, the communal hunting strategy. On the other hand, leopards are the cats that evolved to hunt primates. Meaning, for leopards humans, apes, and monkeys have always been on the menu. And once a leopard turns its skill to hunting humans exclusively, they are absolute masters of it. Look no farther than the so-called Panay leopard in Victorian colonial India. The cat killed and ate some 430 people before it was finally killed. Note that some of those people making up that body count were professional European hunters who specifically went after man-eating leopards. The leopard was finally killed by Jim Corbett, probably the greatest of the hunters of man-eating leopards and tigers. It's very much worth reading in its entirety in Corbett's book _Man-eaters of Kumaon_ . But to give you just a taste, Corbett readily admitted that the cat almost got him, and he survived the experience more from luck than skill. One of his tactics was to locate the most recent human victim of a man-eater, as both leopards and tigers will return to a kill to feed multiple times. So he found the Panay leopard's latest victim, and then he set up in a tree overlooking the kill, intending to use the dead human as bait to draw the leopard in. The leopard had other ideas. She was using the human to bait Corbett in, a strategy she had already successfully used in killing other professional hunters. Corbett actually dozed off sitting up in his tree and what woke him up was the realization that not only had he not seen or heard the leopard, but she was already in the tree with him by that point. Not to draw it out, but his survival involved falling out of the tree and nearly breaking his back when he hit the ground, but getting a single -- one -- lucky shot off with his rifle as the leopard leapt down on him from the tree. Just to emphasize things here, Corbett was the only one of several professional leopard-hunters to survive an encounter with the leopard. When it was all said and done, this leopard who had terrorized an entire region for years, and had killed more people than the latest cholera outbreak was an elderly 75 - pound female leopard. And small as she was, she was death walking. Anyone who's watched wildlife shows about leopards has seen them kill 300 pound antelopes and then _climb up a tree with them_ to stash the kill. Considering that even the largest leopards rarely go over 150 pounds, that's quite an athletic feat. It could be said that when tigers or lions target people, they do it simply with brute force. Humans are so easy for a tiger to kill it requires almost no skill on the part of the tiger. But leopards? They have the skill in spades. They evolved for it. To see a cat not only go up into a tree after an animal which is better evolved for climbing -- a baboon -- and then kill one, that's some impressive skill. Brute force is of little use in a situation like that. If there's an upside to any of it, you could consider being killed by a leopard to be a more humane way to die than what a tiger would subject you to. With a tiger, you will probably spend your last moments in terror as the tiger charges and grabs you and then bites you through the chest or neck to kill you. On the other hand, leopards have such finesse that you will not even be aware of the existence of the leopard until its eyeteeth are already penetrating the base of your skull, a quick kill that crushes and breaks the spinal cord. Now doesn't that sound like a much nicer way to go than getting your lungs ripped out by a tiger? I know which I'd choose.
@@dp7933 I'm not conflating anything. ALL felids typically kill with either a nape bite (i.e. at the base of the skull where it meets the spine), which separates the spine and may also penetrate the braincase, or with a throat bite that is intended to strangle (suffocate) the prey to death. There are variations, in that lions and tigers will occasionally bite down on the snout of a large animal like a buffalo, which closes both the mouth and nasal passages and suffocates the animal. In that case, it's a variation on the throat bite. Cheetahs are one type of cat that almost always kills with a strangulation bite. The really big cats will bite heads and wreck the brain case but it's not as common nor is it typical for any cat. Jaguars have, for their size, a really powerful bite and if they want to they can exclusively kill in that manner but it's neither as sure nor as efficient as a nape bite and so yes, jaguars like all cats typically go for either the nape bite or the throat bite except with really small prey. With small prey, like a housecat killing mice, they will just bite and hold anywhere on the prey animal and it usually doesn't much matter where, as their bite causes so much damage that death is assured. Leopards do not kill "by any means necessary." That's flagrantly incorrect. The leopard is an absolute master at killing prey much larger than itself and uses both bites, though the nape bite is preferred for prey big enough or dangerous enough to actually harm the leopard. And the leopard is the only cat that evolved to specialize in killing primates. There have been hominid skulls unearthed by paleontologists from tens of thousands of years ago that show the trademark leopard bite as evidenced by holes in the skull right at the base where the spine meets the skull. As primates can be very dangerous, leopards almost always use the nape bite on them, and save the throat/strangulation bite for really large animals like antelope that are not otherwise as dangerous. No felid is as skilled at killing primates as the leopard is. One thing that is NOT characteristic of leopards nor any felid species is doing what canids and hyenas do, which is to kill by mauling the animal to death. Wolves and African painted dogs will simply bite and tear at any point they can grab on the prey until they bring it down and immobilize it, then they start eating it, dead or alive. Though this does occasionally happen with lions killing really large prey it's atypical for any felid species. All cats prefer their prey to be dead and immobile before they start eating it. Believe me, if you have to die as prey to a predator, you'd much rather a cat get you than a pack of wolves. The cat will at least do its best to make sure you're dead before it starts eating you. In the future, don't try to debate felid stuff with an elderly geek who's been studying cats for over 50 years. Your opinions were, shall we say, a bit _off_ .
humans are unique in that they are easy to kill, they are very weak in terms of explosive muscle power, and they can hardly run from anything, being one of the slowest animals of their weight class, the only advantage a human has if they are unarmed is their brain as well as some very high endurance (assuming you work out) which is almost completely irrelevant on defence, HOWEVER, hunting lots of humans is an extremely risky thing for any animal to do, and is almost guaranteed to get said animal killed
Lol. That's what I was thinking, but at the same time I realized that if there was ever a time to leave that phrase uncensored than it must be now. lol. That description is soo accurate that even disney would think twice about censoring.
Theres a man happened to come across a trapped injured tiger in a jungle in Malaysia , he helped it loose , after a few days he found a dead dear on his footsteps presumably brought by the tiger he saved as a gift to him.
There was that other story, where a hunter chased a tiger of it's kill. The tiger then went back to his hut destroyed it then waited 6hrs for the man to return the killed and ate him.
Kudos to the animal psychic who let us know the tiger's extremely logical mind, along with it's rationale and deeper motivations for his actions. lol. I was waiting on you to say that while the tiger was waiting outside the cabin to exact his vengeance; the tiger became plagued by existential questions--- "Who AM I?" Is hunting this man going to help anything? Is this TRULY free will? Maybe I can only imagine things that I have no power to choose?" (Asian tiger's have much wisdom) I also enjoyed the narrator letting us know the actions and thoughts 100% of the time past/present/future. Ha!! Just yanking that chain a little! Love your content! You're already formable narrating skills are still improving almost daily! Thank you and keep it up!
@@anon2427 Animals (some of them) do have conscious thought. What they don't have, is a verbal inner monologue based on language. (deaf people see hand signs or written words with their mind's-eye instead of a verbal inner monologue). And then there are some human individuals who don't have an inner monologue at all (0%)...yet they are still capable of conscious thought. (it's called Aphantasia). The way they execute abstract thought, is probably similar to how intelligent animals that don't have language, would execute abstract thought.
I’ve heard this story in the past but has it ever been verified to be true because I always thought it was strange the level of detail in the story given the only witness was killed
Well prob cause not much is left to imagine, u can tell what already happened. Everything we knew before his death was given by his friend he visited that night, he prob told him everything. And his friend knew his character, and from the crime scene, you can only suspect he tried to go back home, in which he got killed. Since it was all done in 24-48 hours, they probably could track some signs and see what happened and how it happened
According to the book, the hunters where able to paint the picture of what happened by following the tracks. They could even estimate how long the tiger was waiting at a spot before the kills by the melted snow spots
It could be that Markov told his friend what had happened before the tiger started hunting him. But what comes after this part of the story could just be speculation.
yea, usually a dead giveaway that its fake. Although he probably was able to tell the majority of the story to others before being killed, and the events of his final walk home could have probably been worked out fairly easily, considering the snow on the ground. But still, it raises questions definitely
They both chose death. You have to choose your battles carefully. The man chose death by stealing the tigers kill. The tiger chose death by not letting it go.
I’ve been watching your videos for a long time, but had a kind of a break, then two days ago saw one of your video in recommended, watched it, subscribed and have been watching and rewatching all of them for the whole time. in this video particularly, i was shocked to hear my own country’s name, estonia, idk why, i think i was in a trance of the slow morning and needing to listen to anything to come back to life lol, but i woke up straight away when u said estonian, and i was smiling the rest of the video, it’s so stupid, but watching youtube on the regular and always in english it’s rare to hear your own country mentioned, but it makes my day every time, so thank u❤️
TheRPGentleman, They’re not as expensive as they were in the past. In my area, everyday causal hunters have one. If the people can’t afford it then the town government will be able to. They even have their own tiger hunting squad
Tiger: **IS SHOT OH GOD OW** Also Tiger: I will carry hell to your doorstep; I will make you pay You will reap the hate you've sown on my judgment day Shredded doors and neatly folded shirts Smeared in your blood I will bring your entire hubris crashing down on your door
What a story man! For a moment I was Markov, stalked by a tiger! I am an Indian. Bengal tigers are noble creatures in general much like African lions, except for the ones living in the Sunderbans. The Sunderbans tigers are born man eaters for some strange reason. My grandfather told me the story of his childhood before partition when his village was terrorized by these tigers which unlike other big cats hunt humans as natural prey! I myself had the chance to see a man eater face to face in a zoo! The blood curling roar stunned me and I can still hear it, the call of a man eater! I had previously never imagined Siberian tigers are so dangerous, it turns out I'll not look forward to meet Amur tigers with the same lightness of heart with which I've seen wild tigers in Indian National Parks. Man eater stories are tragedies, that shake us with pity both for the victim and the predator. The victims are ordinary humans trying to live their best, the predators are creatures, whom we've driven to a state where they do what they have to. I wish conservation efforts help restore Amur tiger population so that these majestic animals can thrive as Tsars in the forests that truly belong to them. At the same time I hope development helps ensure safety for lonely people living near the forest and humans and tigers are able to coexist without conflict.
A wild Bengal attacked! Would do you want to do? Fight? Item? Pkmn? Run? (Run) You can't escape! What will you do? (Pkmn, selected tourgide's parrot) Bengal used snack attack on parrot Parrot fainted.... permanently What will you do? (Item, pepper spray) Pepper spray used, Bengal's accuracy decreased -Bengal's ability "Pissed the F&$@ off!", Attack power dramatically increased Bengal used swipe Swipe missed you, Tourguide was hit by swipe. Tourguide...after minutes of agonizing pain and profuse blood loss, fainted.... permanently What will you do? Fight! Run! Fight chosen by you, but your hidden ability "Traumatic shock" has made you unable to move Bengal used Maul. You are reduced to 1 hp. Traumatic shock has made you unable to move again (From tigers perspective) Fisherman Mike is down to 1 Hp, what will you do? Destroy! Eat! Poop! Catch! (Bengal selects catch, uses net ball) (Ball shakes once, and is caught). Bengal grabs ball. "Whoo hoo finally caught me a fisherman! I needed a water type!" Swims off.
I remember watching a Steve Irwin doc on Africa and he comes across an old lion, possibly frail and he said these are the man eaters because they are too old or weak to hunt their regular game.
@@longleaf1217 bro in africa they were building train tracks and the people had to go walk on foot in a huge group a whole pride of lions killed about 90 of them or even 100
A mounted walk-in talkie saved him. Seems like if you’re going to battle a tiger, you should wear some sort of metal armor like when people used to fight with blades
@@blabloubloubla1313 nah I get that. But then why does he get sooo mad that he decides he will kill that tiger after telling him to get out? also I found out this “friend” was not rlly a friend but more a neighbor. So yea I understand why he didn’t let him in
Every time you change your thumbnail on an old vid makes me think I missed an episode, but then proceeded to watch anyways because the vids are so good!
There was a tigeress who killed an estimated 436 people in Nepal and India. Likely because she too had been wounded and was incapable of hunting traditional game and turned to eating humans.
More dangerous than lions to a human being.. And a fight between a lion and tiger will likely result in the tiger winning 99 out of 100 times. I've heard that Tigers actually are more scared to fight a human than to fight a lion.
@@sree3650I agree ,lions always live in a group , they have family which they have to support , kill or even die for. Lions are king of the jungle not because of their strength but because of their courage and it's leadership qualities . Tigers are solo hunters and they have nothing to care for except for themselves. But the best hunter are tigers for sure.
@@sree3650 I thought so as well but the mane of the lion protects it from bites to the windpipe that are always lethal and gashes from the claws, so when male lions and tigers fight the tiger has a bare neck and exposed vulnerability to attacks . The male lion on the other hand is less powerful than a male tiger but bites aimed at the neck are usually met with clumps of hair or are usually ineffective.
@@alanjrsmith probably wasnt worth the risk dude. Thing could easily jump through a window or stalk him and wait for the door to be manually opened. He had a wife and kids. No way would I want to risk that for someone who brought it willingly upon himself. I'm sorry
Tigers are terrifying because they spend almost a decade learning how to move silently through some of the most densely packed terrain on Earth. All to become the ultimate assassin.
Actually, a lion would absolutely best a tiger in single combat. The tiger is much bigger but is solitary. It learns to hunt by watching its mother. It learns by example. A lion, however, lives in a pride. It spends its entire life playing with other lions. That "play" is training for how to fight and hunt. A lion learns not just how to take down prey but also how to kill other cats. A tiger vs a lion would be like Goliath vs. Achilles.
Scott Martin you do realize tigers don’t have single cubs right? Cubs still get that “training” by playing with its siblings as well. Actually a tiger is more suited for 1 on 1, seeing as it spends most of its life as a solitary animal. It literally takes down animals that lions need multiple to take down. Also for the simple fact tigers will literally kill bears around the same size as it, so even if tigers were to learn only by “example” it obviously help. A tiger would absolutely Demolish a lion in a 1 on 1.
Ive watched plenty of his videos now and this line: "An amor tiger is like a honey badger on crack, is doesnt give a shit." Is by far my favourite moment.
There are similar stories of Lions in Africa. One where an injured hunter was helped by a mission which had had a disease pass through it. A lion had come into the hospital in the night, passed the sick people and taken the hunter without waking anyone in the hospital.
There was a movie about it called The Ghost and the Darkness. They were two male lions that teamed up and absolutely terrorized a railway project in Africa. They were real, their bodies are on display at the Smithsonian.
When I was a teen, I read a book called Tryst With Tigers. It was the stories of a hunter in Colonial India about his life and hunting man eating tigers. Let's say that Tigers make lions look like house cats sometimes. The hunters often became the hunted.
Oh the Royal Bengal Tiger. They exist in my country Bangladesh now, post colonial India was broken off. Let's just say we give offerings to the tigers if confronted. The moment you step into the Sundarbans, you’ve entered a tiger's territory and It's already watching you. They don't kill unless necessary, but they are really majestic.
@@illosionmouneen2468 that's crazy that you guys live with such powerful beasts. The worst I have to contend with is mountain lions. And they're a majestic beast in their own right. Kinds skittish though.
@@reeverfalls2069 Bengal tigers are cute( except the old man eaters, they are scary). An adult strong Royal Bengal tiger wouldn’t care if it’s not hungry and you don’t annoy it. They act like cats. I once saw one from the other side of the river, it was summer, the heat was unbearable so poor thing was swimming in the water. Took one look at me, stared for a few seconds and ignored me.
But he must be careful, because if he boarded an aeroplane and the stewardess asked him if he wanted peanuts and he said, "I think not," he'd disappear.
“But little did he know, stealing the boar sealed his fate” “But little did he know, firing at the tiger sealed his fate” “But little did he know, wounding the tiger sealed his fate” How many fates can one guy have? Lol
Fate is continuous; you could as well say, "Little did he know when he settled near the Amur River..." or LDHK when he told his friend a tiger was chasing him..."
This world is so F'ed up! So he stole the food of a APEX Predator, and was rightfully killed for it, but the Tiger was murdered because of his idiotic decision! I pray that all poachers are dealt with in the same manner!!
I thought, "This must be what H.H.Holmes looked like in real life.." ..like how he was able to keep charming and disarming people, and women kept marrying him.
i read the book about this. the first chapter was from Markov's pov. the last line or so stuck with me. in the darkness of the cabin he heard a rumble of thunder. no, not thunder.
A very intriguing story I'm always been fascinated by large prey such as tigers leopards lions thank you for that story in the ones before and then wants to come😊
@@AnAmericanMusician the man himself was looking for food too. Put yourself in his shoes. There is tiger in front of you who can snap anytime and try to kill you. The only way out is either kill the thing or injure it so it retreats.
I am sympathetic for the human that felt forced to steal from a tiger out of desperation and shot at it because he was scared but tigers are intelligent creatures so i am not surprised by the series of events at all. The tiger was hungry too and minding its own business, probably avoiding the human intruding in its territory and the human dares steal the food it risked starving to hunt down and kill? Then in an effort to get its food back (perhaps even just trying to scare him away) the human shoots the tiger, permanently injuring it and hindering its ability to hunt. What intelligent creature wouldn't want revenge? It just so happens this creature was a fearless apex predator with the patience and wisdom to go through with it against humans. We shouldn't hate tigers for stories like this in fact we should respect them and leave them alone.
Faterfoid 69 agree 100% but you wrote i feel sypathetetic for the Tiger wrong. Yeah both sides were correct on their own terms but for example nobody likes people wo break in to your home and snatch your food. And they know that these amur tigers live there so he should have got to hunt for himself cause to take a tigers food is equal bringing your own death sentence maybe it wouldnt if he didnt wound the tiger who knows.... sad story sad for the people who got killed and also sad for the tiger.
@@twopieceshippudden9850 Lenin died decades before the cold war. Putin, at least, makes a little bit of sense since he was in the KGB. (If I remember correctly)
I think that this is one of Thoughty2's best videos ever. The moment that the first man shot him, it took his ability to fight it's usual prey and turned its full attention on man. If he had left the kill alone in the first place, he'd still be alive, no doubt. So sad.
@@kai_plays_khomus i wasn't talking about that specific tiger I was talking about the Amur tiger in general which he described in the first half of the video And who even nitpicks on something like this
Well, like Machiavelli put it: 'When engaging an enemy, destroy him completely. This way you will avoid his revenge.' Also, when you go hunting, prepare to die. Welcome to the jungle, baby.
Well a good way to avoid a member of another species’ revenge, is for them to no longer to exist to exhibit such a response. If they dare hunt us we should make farm of them, and sell them, efficiently; that is our gift as humanity, as technological competing biological machines. They threaten us, so we must eradicate their threat. That is the way of nature, the ever existing arms race between species.
@@manictiger That is similar to what I used to think, until I truly comprehended that humans are animals. There are other animals that do kill more than they could possibly eat, ones that are cruel for fun and even a few cases of apparent war. We humans are not really that different. If a different animal had adapted in our place, then they may have been better caretakers for Earth, or they could have just as likely been worse. After coming to this realization, I have come to appreciate that humans are trying and, in many cases, succeeding in doing better. Yes we have along way to go, but that is no reason to hate our species, as in the end we are simply another animal.
To be fair, we don't know exactly what he saw at the scene. I think seeing the aftermath of a clearly, unnecessarily gruesome act would change a lot of people's minds.
Yeah, there was a similar story of a Bengal Tiger in India, called the "Champawat Tiger" that became a man-eater after it was shot in the mouth, losing several teeth, and figured it can easily hunt humans to survive.
Humans: “OH GOD THIS MONSTER LEFT NOTHING OF HIM BEHIND, GORE WAS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE!” Also humans: *skins and deeply inspects insides of said monster*
Of course. It's human instinct to kill a threat then analyze why it was a threat. Our societies always reacts like this when a man eater of any sort is identified. Maybe not always the skinning part but still.
The world isn't perfect, of course you'd feel more empathy towards your own kind than you would be towards the creature that viscously mauled said, individual. Let's be honest if animals were smart they'd probably treat us in the same manner, because apparently racism is a part of intelligent beings.
@@charleenlangley8709 come on the tiger isn't a tribe of armed humans or a supernatural demon, Its a single wounded tiger. If that friend was a true friend he would have let Markov stay at his home for a few weeks, kept his family safely indoors and BOTH of them could have worked together to kill the tiger when or if it tracked Markov to his home. Of course Markov would owe his friend big time and would have to pay him back. But to send him away to his death is a shitty thing to do. They can't have been real friends
Saw one in cage when I was 16. Walked to where I was and looked at me. Had to be 300lb Siberian male with paws as big as my head. You can feel the power emanating(sp?) off of them along with the state looking right into you.
If it was a siberian male it probably weighed more than that. I went to a show in vegas as a kid and oh man... I feel you on the power aspect. Tigers are what got me started collecting exotics. But the most dangerous I go is venomous spiders... I couldnt even imagine having a tiger in the backyard 😂
@@mikeximenez5285 it depends where it was. We got zoo's here in Netherlands that have siberian tigers, but I can tell they are small and skinny compared to the ''real'' ones in the wild.
@Ms Bliss Those tigers you pet were probably heavily drugged and chained though. Sometimes I kinda lose hope in humanity when there are comments like these.
@@sharitamall1244 my country have tigers, lions , leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard, hyenas, elephant, rhinos (2nd biggest) in wild , and it is feared that lions will soon come in contact with tigers , if transferred to kuno national park. The battle will be legendary
Like in a horror movie his friend knew to stay away from the main protagonist cuz the ghost/monster almost always kills his/her acquaintances and leaves the protagonist for last
The version of this story that I heard is that the man was actually a poacher. He shot the tiger, but did not kill it. Which is when the tiger tracked him down and killed him.
Sounds like the urban legend version. And like every urban legend, there's a moral to the story. But life isn't so black and white. I'm more inclined to believe that the situation was more complicated and that there were reasons to sympathize with the starving hunter, since that part is always left out of morality tales
Dude, your story telling is amazing. I was enthralled and immersed in that story. I even got a bit scared myself thinking about that tiger. But in the end the disturbing psychology of the tiger was a need of necessity. Implemented by mans foreign presence in nature. Awesome
I absolutely love listening to you tell this story. I am an old lady in a nursing home, but when I hear you tell this tale, I'm a little girl again at my Mothers or Grandmothers lap. Feeling the cold wind hearing the crunchy snow as the words twist together into a captivating story. Thank you for rekindling this magic for me.
Kim
This comment is so sweet 😊
Awwww :D
where is your nursing home at i know my grandma would love to talk to someone usa
Stay well, Kim! I hope you hear many, many more stories...
When your last name is kiddo 😂
The polite tiger folded clothes after his meal. His mum didn’t raise no mannerless tiger
I don't think so. He's a murderer.
@@theemirofjaffa2266 hes not a murderer. hes a starving beast who lost his ability to hunt because of a human. he had no other xhoice but to hunt slow prey.
@@theemirofjaffa2266 when you eat, you aren't a murderer either
@@theemirofjaffa2266 Humans forced him to be murderer
Lol 😂
Tiger goes from house to house with a picture of Markov...you seen this guy i just want to talk to him ...everybody points to Markov's house...
@Crocoshark Tiger vs Arnold, a battle of the ages
lmao
@Crocoshark what if it were a cyborg tiger. OMG
Indeed "expert tracking skills"
Hahaha
When tigers and lions develop a taste for humans it can be a fearsome thing. Even a heavily armed human is at grave disadvantage against something like a tiger. And tigers are not dumb. In the days of colonial India, there came about a particular type of pistol called a howdah pistol. The howdah is the combination platform and saddle that humans sit in atop an Indian elephant to ride it. Europeans would hunt big game, including tigers, from the backs of these elephants. The problem was, if they startled or wounded a tiger, the tiger was smart enough to ignore the elephant and identify the real threat, the humans riding in the howdahs atop them. A tiger could cover fifty meters and be literally in your face in the howdah in mere seconds. So what the howdah pistol was, was generally a cut down elephant rifle, made into a pistol. It had to be so massively powerful that the one, maybe two shots you could get off before you had a face full of tiger, had to have effect. Likewise, in such close quarters a rifle was next to useless. Considering that many of the finer English-made double-rifles developed for hunting huge dangerous game would have cost, even back then, thousands of dollars (they were all to a one hand-made) it had to be some powerful motivation to take a hacksaw to one of them.
But generally speaking, tigers and lions are too big to make a habit out of hunting humans. Sure, they're easy to kill but not much of a meal for cats that big. And every man-eating tiger or lion was in essence a rank amateur at it, succeeding only because humans are so easy to kill.
If you want to take a look at the real experts, you have to look at the leopards. The main difference is that for the truly big cats, they evolved to hunt much larger game. That's the reason for the size and, in the case of lions, the communal hunting strategy. On the other hand, leopards are the cats that evolved to hunt primates. Meaning, for leopards humans, apes, and monkeys have always been on the menu. And once a leopard turns its skill to hunting humans exclusively, they are absolute masters of it.
Look no farther than the so-called Panay leopard in Victorian colonial India. The cat killed and ate some 430 people before it was finally killed. Note that some of those people making up that body count were professional European hunters who specifically went after man-eating leopards. The leopard was finally killed by Jim Corbett, probably the greatest of the hunters of man-eating leopards and tigers. It's very much worth reading in its entirety in Corbett's book _Man-eaters of Kumaon_ . But to give you just a taste, Corbett readily admitted that the cat almost got him, and he survived the experience more from luck than skill.
One of his tactics was to locate the most recent human victim of a man-eater, as both leopards and tigers will return to a kill to feed multiple times. So he found the Panay leopard's latest victim, and then he set up in a tree overlooking the kill, intending to use the dead human as bait to draw the leopard in.
The leopard had other ideas. She was using the human to bait Corbett in, a strategy she had already successfully used in killing other professional hunters. Corbett actually dozed off sitting up in his tree and what woke him up was the realization that not only had he not seen or heard the leopard, but she was already in the tree with him by that point. Not to draw it out, but his survival involved falling out of the tree and nearly breaking his back when he hit the ground, but getting a single -- one -- lucky shot off with his rifle as the leopard leapt down on him from the tree. Just to emphasize things here, Corbett was the only one of several professional leopard-hunters to survive an encounter with the leopard.
When it was all said and done, this leopard who had terrorized an entire region for years, and had killed more people than the latest cholera outbreak was an elderly 75 - pound female leopard. And small as she was, she was death walking. Anyone who's watched wildlife shows about leopards has seen them kill 300 pound antelopes and then _climb up a tree with them_ to stash the kill. Considering that even the largest leopards rarely go over 150 pounds, that's quite an athletic feat.
It could be said that when tigers or lions target people, they do it simply with brute force. Humans are so easy for a tiger to kill it requires almost no skill on the part of the tiger. But leopards? They have the skill in spades. They evolved for it. To see a cat not only go up into a tree after an animal which is better evolved for climbing -- a baboon -- and then kill one, that's some impressive skill. Brute force is of little use in a situation like that. If there's an upside to any of it, you could consider being killed by a leopard to be a more humane way to die than what a tiger would subject you to. With a tiger, you will probably spend your last moments in terror as the tiger charges and grabs you and then bites you through the chest or neck to kill you. On the other hand, leopards have such finesse that you will not even be aware of the existence of the leopard until its eyeteeth are already penetrating the base of your skull, a quick kill that crushes and breaks the spinal cord. Now doesn't that sound like a much nicer way to go than getting your lungs ripped out by a tiger? I know which I'd choose.
Apt, apt analysis.
I think you are conflating leopard and jaguar kill methods. Jaguars kill with a bite to the skull-- leopards kill by any means necessary.
@@dp7933 I'm not conflating anything. ALL felids typically kill with either a nape bite (i.e. at the base of the skull where it meets the spine), which separates the spine and may also penetrate the braincase, or with a throat bite that is intended to strangle (suffocate) the prey to death. There are variations, in that lions and tigers will occasionally bite down on the snout of a large animal like a buffalo, which closes both the mouth and nasal passages and suffocates the animal. In that case, it's a variation on the throat bite.
Cheetahs are one type of cat that almost always kills with a strangulation bite. The really big cats will bite heads and wreck the brain case but it's not as common nor is it typical for any cat. Jaguars have, for their size, a really powerful bite and if they want to they can exclusively kill in that manner but it's neither as sure nor as efficient as a nape bite and so yes, jaguars like all cats typically go for either the nape bite or the throat bite except with really small prey.
With small prey, like a housecat killing mice, they will just bite and hold anywhere on the prey animal and it usually doesn't much matter where, as their bite causes so much damage that death is assured.
Leopards do not kill "by any means necessary." That's flagrantly incorrect. The leopard is an absolute master at killing prey much larger than itself and uses both bites, though the nape bite is preferred for prey big enough or dangerous enough to actually harm the leopard. And the leopard is the only cat that evolved to specialize in killing primates. There have been hominid skulls unearthed by paleontologists from tens of thousands of years ago that show the trademark leopard bite as evidenced by holes in the skull right at the base where the spine meets the skull. As primates can be very dangerous, leopards almost always use the nape bite on them, and save the throat/strangulation bite for really large animals like antelope that are not otherwise as dangerous. No felid is as skilled at killing primates as the leopard is.
One thing that is NOT characteristic of leopards nor any felid species is doing what canids and hyenas do, which is to kill by mauling the animal to death. Wolves and African painted dogs will simply bite and tear at any point they can grab on the prey until they bring it down and immobilize it, then they start eating it, dead or alive. Though this does occasionally happen with lions killing really large prey it's atypical for any felid species. All cats prefer their prey to be dead and immobile before they start eating it. Believe me, if you have to die as prey to a predator, you'd much rather a cat get you than a pack of wolves. The cat will at least do its best to make sure you're dead before it starts eating you.
In the future, don't try to debate felid stuff with an elderly geek who's been studying cats for over 50 years. Your opinions were, shall we say, a bit _off_ .
humans are unique in that they are easy to kill, they are very weak in terms of explosive muscle power, and they can hardly run from anything, being one of the slowest animals of their weight class, the only advantage a human has if they are unarmed is their brain as well as some very high endurance (assuming you work out) which is almost completely irrelevant on defence, HOWEVER, hunting lots of humans is an extremely risky thing for any animal to do, and is almost guaranteed to get said animal killed
Damn,long comment
I thought this was an educational video but then:
‘An Amur tiger is like a honey badger on crack, it doesn’t give a shit’
Honey Badgers. That’s gooseshit. Invertebrates should scare you. The smaller the entity, the worse it gets.
When it does give a shit, that shit was probably you.
Honey badgers are bad ass
Lol. That's what I was thinking, but at the same time I realized that if there was ever a time to leave that phrase uncensored than it must be now. lol. That description is soo accurate that even disney would think twice about censoring.
@John Tari
Just like everyone smokes crack...duh...
Theres a man happened to come across a trapped injured tiger in a jungle in Malaysia , he helped it loose , after a few days he found a dead dear on his footsteps presumably brought by the tiger he saved as a gift to him.
So intelligent
So majestic
@Zabra - I didn't expect to find a Flat-Earther here. Smh.
@Zabra - Are you a Bible Flat-Earther, a Quran Flat-Earther or a secular Flat-Earther?
@@Ronin-lb5ij no no no. That's just a projection of earth. I hope.
There was that other story, where a hunter chased a tiger of it's kill. The tiger then went back to his hut destroyed it then waited 6hrs for the man to return the killed and ate him.
*Tiger jumps into boat*
Tiger: I'm the captain now
Pirate tiger, most dangerous pirate of the seven seas
@@ultrafire5330 there was actually a pirate in history that was associated with a tiger if im not mistakes
Tiger: sees boat
Tiger: It's free real estate
Life of pie ??
Hmm ...sundarban tigers sometimes jump on fisher men on boats n drags them into the jungle... pirates of the jungle...
“It’s like a honey badger on speed... it doesn’t give a SHIT!”
I’m dying. 😂
Crack
Crack
Crack
Crack
As the saying goes: "I fear no man. But that thing - it scares me."
GTAVictor9128 ah i see you are a man of Culture
People who know that quote are legends 👌
Good ol' Heavy
@@undeadwerewolves9463 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
@@undeadwerewolves9463 mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
My cats all listened to this in breathless excitement.
Godspeed. Have fun trying to get to sleep tonight....as they lay there looking at you....
Mine were panting
@@henxinggan Eyes glowing in the dark*
Imagine ants making a documentary of humans and their vicious mindset of randomly killing ant for mere pleasure
Hilarious! Still laughing.🐱🐱🐱
Meanwhile on Tiger tube: The disturbing psychology of Tiger-hunting humans
😁
Why is it called Tigertube? I mean this isn't called Humantube lol
@@Readsname that's because it's called homo-sapientube
*ReadsName* it’s literally TH-cam tho.. that’s pretty close..
It should be FelineTube or KittyTube😂
Kudos to the animal psychic who let us know the tiger's extremely logical mind, along with it's rationale and deeper motivations for his actions. lol. I was waiting on you to say that while the tiger was waiting outside the cabin to exact his vengeance; the tiger became plagued by existential questions--- "Who AM I?" Is hunting this man going to help anything? Is this TRULY free will? Maybe I can only imagine things that I have no power to choose?" (Asian tiger's have much wisdom) I also enjoyed the narrator letting us know the actions and thoughts 100% of the time past/present/future. Ha!! Just yanking that chain a little! Love your content! You're already formable narrating skills are still improving almost daily! Thank you and keep it up!
A tiger with an existential crisis! Love it!😂
This habit of ascribing conscious thought to animals is concerning. A product of abject materialism
@@anon2427 Animals (some of them) do have conscious thought.
What they don't have, is a verbal inner monologue based on language. (deaf people see hand signs or written words with their mind's-eye instead of a verbal inner monologue).
And then there are some human individuals who don't have an inner monologue at all (0%)...yet they are still capable of conscious thought. (it's called Aphantasia). The way they execute abstract thought, is probably similar to how intelligent animals that don't have language, would execute abstract thought.
So you’re saying there’s a freezing Russian forest where Leopards, tigers, and bears co-exist? No thanks
Lmao Australia's winter expansion pack
Yeah. In the very east of russia. There are tigers bears and leopards.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wildlife_of_Russia
Leopards, tigers and bears...oh my!
Leopards and tigers and bears? Oh my
I learned two things from this:
1. Don't take what isn't yours.
2. Don't start something you can't finish.
Rahjee the Rager and if you are going to take something make sure it’s not from a fucking tiger!
@@partylee007 And if it is from a Tiger, make sure you kill it
@Grim Reaper Damn. Am I wrong to make comparisons with a tiger and the mafia?
Only number 2 is true
aip both of them are true
Don't take what isn't yours
Don't start shit you can't finish
"The best moment for the tiger to attack is when Markov is at his most vulnerable." Who else thought the tiger mauled him while the guy was shitting?
Almost, I was thinking while takink a leak 😅
1 more like for 69 :3
I honestly was thinking spanking his monkey. Markov stared the tiger in the eye as he finished. A true savage.
@@edborrelli2786 oh my God
asleep
I’ve heard this story in the past but has it ever been verified to be true because I always thought it was strange the level of detail in the story given the only witness was killed
Well prob cause not much is left to imagine, u can tell what already happened. Everything we knew before his death was given by his friend he visited that night, he prob told him everything. And his friend knew his character, and from the crime scene, you can only suspect he tried to go back home, in which he got killed. Since it was all done in 24-48 hours, they probably could track some signs and see what happened and how it happened
According to the book, the hunters where able to paint the picture of what happened by following the tracks. They could even estimate how long the tiger was waiting at a spot before the kills by the melted snow spots
by "only witness" you mean the tiger, right?
It could be that Markov told his friend what had happened before the tiger started hunting him. But what comes after this part of the story could just be speculation.
yea, usually a dead giveaway that its fake. Although he probably was able to tell the majority of the story to others before being killed, and the events of his final walk home could have probably been worked out fairly easily, considering the snow on the ground. But still, it raises questions definitely
"If I live, I will kill you. If I die, you are forgiven." - the tiger, probably
not gonna ruin the perfect 69 likes
Such is the rule... of honor.
Omerta!
Tiger of god
"such as the rule. Of honor."
Vladimir markov : I'll steal this boar.
Tiger: so you have chosen death.
@John Stonik tigers should hunt down and eat haters.
Tiger: omae wa mo shindeiru
I am the hero hunter Rocky!
They both chose death. You have to choose your battles carefully.
The man chose death by stealing the tigers kill.
The tiger chose death by not letting it go.
This made me laugh soo hard! I think I read it in sharakhan voice from the jungle book
So, the russian hunter essentially messed with the 'John Wick' of wildlife? 🤔
Arnold Schwarzenegger had an a flame with a tiger
*baba yaga*
@@troyertribe03 Yaga 😊
Wut we have almost the exact same profile picture
* They stole my kill..... THEY KILLED MY PRIDE....now i come after them for revenge!* ~Markov's wild tiger.
I’ve been watching your videos for a long time, but had a kind of a break, then two days ago saw one of your video in recommended, watched it, subscribed and have been watching and rewatching all of them for the whole time.
in this video particularly, i was shocked to hear my own country’s name, estonia, idk why, i think i was in a trance of the slow morning and needing to listen to anything to come back to life lol, but i woke up straight away when u said estonian, and i was smiling the rest of the video, it’s so stupid, but watching youtube on the regular and always in english it’s rare to hear your own country mentioned, but it makes my day every time, so thank u❤️
Tiger: I can hide anywhere and you will not be able to see me
Thermal imaging: allow me to introduce myself
You noticed that every time he says that the tiger can hide anywhere and wouldn't be able to be seen, he got shot lol....
Do you really think the people in that region can afford thermal imaging equipment, or even know that such a thing exists?
@@juniorballs6025 *laughs in powerbank*
TheRPGentleman, They’re not as expensive as they were in the past. In my area, everyday causal hunters have one. If the people can’t afford it then the town government will be able to. They even have their own tiger hunting squad
Junior Balls, that’s why you being spare batteries?
He's the kind of guy who looks to be about 35 years old, until he shaves his mustache, and then reveals his true age; 12.
Stop ruining the illusion
70s porn stash
Me too
This is me as well lol
...I'm 57, and he feels like he could my elder...
Tiger: **IS SHOT OH GOD OW**
Also Tiger:
I will carry hell to your doorstep; I will make you pay
You will reap the hate you've sown on my judgment day
Shredded doors and neatly folded shirts
Smeared in your blood
I will bring your entire hubris crashing down on your door
As it should be
I heard this In Liam Neeson's voice.
Rip and tear, until it is done.
Hunter: 👁👄👁
This sounds a little to human to be a tiger
What a story man! For a moment I was Markov, stalked by a tiger! I am an Indian. Bengal tigers are noble creatures in general much like African lions, except for the ones living in the Sunderbans. The Sunderbans tigers are born man eaters for some strange reason. My grandfather told me the story of his childhood before partition when his village was terrorized by these tigers which unlike other big cats hunt humans as natural prey! I myself had the chance to see a man eater face to face in a zoo! The blood curling roar stunned me and I can still hear it, the call of a man eater! I had previously never imagined Siberian tigers are so dangerous, it turns out I'll not look forward to meet Amur tigers with the same lightness of heart with which I've seen wild tigers in Indian National Parks. Man eater stories are tragedies, that shake us with pity both for the victim and the predator. The victims are ordinary humans trying to live their best, the predators are creatures, whom we've driven to a state where they do what they have to. I wish conservation efforts help restore Amur tiger population so that these majestic animals can thrive as Tsars in the forests that truly belong to them. At the same time I hope development helps ensure safety for lonely people living near the forest and humans and tigers are able to coexist without conflict.
Imagine fishing from your boat in the ocean then a tiger jumps out
kim-chi My soul would leave my body.
@@iwantgoals1566 Your soul would belong to the tiger czar.
We need a Bigger Boat
Yeah its called a tiger shark.
A wild Bengal attacked!
Would do you want to do?
Fight? Item? Pkmn? Run?
(Run)
You can't escape!
What will you do?
(Pkmn, selected tourgide's parrot)
Bengal used snack attack on parrot
Parrot fainted.... permanently
What will you do?
(Item, pepper spray)
Pepper spray used, Bengal's accuracy decreased
-Bengal's ability "Pissed the F&$@ off!", Attack power dramatically increased
Bengal used swipe
Swipe missed you,
Tourguide was hit by swipe.
Tourguide...after minutes of agonizing pain and profuse blood loss, fainted.... permanently
What will you do?
Fight! Run!
Fight chosen by you, but your hidden ability "Traumatic shock" has made you unable to move
Bengal used Maul.
You are reduced to 1 hp.
Traumatic shock has made you unable to move again
(From tigers perspective)
Fisherman Mike is down to 1 Hp, what will you do?
Destroy! Eat! Poop! Catch!
(Bengal selects catch, uses net ball)
(Ball shakes once, and is caught).
Bengal grabs ball.
"Whoo hoo finally caught me a fisherman! I needed a water type!"
Swims off.
I guess having beef with a tiger is like owing money to the mob sheesh
That's why you stay awake during the night.🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡🖤🧡🖤
Crocoshark or you kill it when you get the opportunity cause you won’t get a second one
You mean stealing beef lol
@@gyroscope8244 you sure about that?
Worse. You actually CAN negotiate with the mob, although it's absolutely critical that you don't do anything to publicly embarrass them.
I remember watching a Steve Irwin doc on Africa and he comes across an old lion, possibly frail and he said these are the man eaters because they are too old or weak to hunt their regular game.
damn, so mankind is the bitch of wildlife.
Pretty much. Take away our toys and we're pretty squishy. Ghost in the darkness is about a pair of lions that did just that
@@longleaf1217 bro in africa they were building train tracks and the people had to go walk on foot in a huge group a whole pride of lions killed about 90 of them or even 100
@@nicholashodges201 not like our relatives the neanderthals. Those guys killed rhinos in close quarters combat.
@@FormerPessitheRobberfan and look how it worked out for them...
A mounted walk-in talkie saved him. Seems like if you’re going to battle a tiger, you should wear some sort of metal armor like when people used to fight with blades
Also, why do big cat hunters never mount bayonets on their guns? The spearpoint is better at taking a tiger at close range than a point blank shot.
Lessons learned:
Don't steal food from a tiger
Or crack from a honey badger
Honey badgers are protective of their crack, no touching
@@danwhite6008 I am overprotective of my crack too
Or crack from my dog. He will loose his shit.
Or pride from lion
@@justin94431 or virginity from you
Ok so ur telling me his friend says no u can’t stay here and then is shocked when he sees his friend die. What?
They only miss u when u gone
Dude didn't want to die bcz of his friend's stupidity, lmao why would that be abnormal
@@blabloubloubla1313 nah I get that. But then why does he get sooo mad that he decides he will kill that tiger after telling him to get out? also I found out this “friend” was not rlly a friend but more a neighbor. So yea I understand why he didn’t let him in
@@jackfellow9736 it's not that his friend died, it's more about how he died tho.
Might not have been the same friend
Hunter: Fails to kill tiger
Tiger: So you have chosen... death
Frrrrrr lmao
I see your tiger style is quite good but how will it fair against my desert eagle
@@crimesforkibble6912 if it was a real tiger wielding its "tiger style" then I bet it would fair just fine.
@@crimesforkibble6912 tigah style aint nothin' to fuck with.
@@coralrose5754 okay, Heathers fan~♡👁👄👁
Every time you change your thumbnail on an old vid makes me think I missed an episode, but then proceeded to watch anyways because the vids are so good!
There was a tigeress who killed an estimated 436 people in Nepal and India. Likely because she too had been wounded and was incapable of hunting traditional game and turned to eating humans.
I heard a story like that too. A tiger broke some theet and coud not hunt regular pray. So he went after humans.
Improvise, adapt, overcome.
Nice estimate. Amazingly precise
This tiger you mentioned had been wounded by of all things a porcupine. It had quills in it one foot that went thru it’s bone on it leg
shot in the face resulting in a broken canine. that and habitat loss caused the champawat to become a man eater
Yep, this has changed my mind about tigers, I feel even more sorry for them.
More dangerous than lions to a human being..
And a fight between a lion and tiger will likely result in the tiger winning 99 out of 100 times.
I've heard that Tigers actually are more scared to fight a human than to fight a lion.
@@sree3650I agree ,lions always live in a group , they have family which they have to support , kill or even die for. Lions are king of the jungle not because of their strength but because of their courage and it's leadership qualities . Tigers are solo hunters and they have nothing to care for except for themselves. But the best hunter are tigers for sure.
@@sree3650 I thought so as well but the mane of the lion protects it from bites to the windpipe that are always lethal and gashes from the claws, so when male lions and tigers fight the tiger has a bare neck and exposed vulnerability to attacks . The male lion on the other hand is less powerful than a male tiger but bites aimed at the neck are usually met with clumps of hair or are usually ineffective.
@@sree3650 Well a man can kill a fully grown lion with his bare hands but not a tiger
@@kaianimations675 Where did you got that from. No human can kill a lion bare handed.
imagine leaving your friend outside to be eaten by a tiger
I laughed so hard on this., damn.
its either him or all fo us
Had they stuck together and the authorities did their actual job... dude would still be alive
@Wayne Williams a animal is gonna be able to open a locked door that requires a key? 2 men with guns cant kill a animal?
@@alanjrsmith probably wasnt worth the risk dude. Thing could easily jump through a window or stalk him and wait for the door to be manually opened. He had a wife and kids. No way would I want to risk that for someone who brought it willingly upon himself. I'm sorry
Tigers are terrifying because they spend almost a decade learning how to move silently through some of the most densely packed terrain on Earth. All to become the ultimate assassin.
Why isn't this a movie yet? this is "Siberian Jaws".
It is, look up conflict tiger
@@redsmoke5655 nice (I'm defo gonna watch it xD Seems interesting)
What did they steal from jaws?
@@Lion-O-Richie2040 He robbed the tigers kill
Have you seen The Edge? It's Jaws with claws.
Listing to this guy makes my grown ass feel like a little kid being told a night time camp story by an experienced adult story teller...
Lol
yes true, and if you like history check out some of lindybeige's videos hes an excellent story teller him self to be honest.
Adult story teller
This doesn't sound like a cold blooded assassination, this sounds like Guerrilla Warfare tactics.
Which is pretty much the same thing
Markov’s said “nah bro you’re on your own”
Also why is this not a movie? This needs to be a movie
Lion: I'm the King of the animals
Tiger: And you can call me Emperor
Actually, a lion would absolutely best a tiger in single combat.
The tiger is much bigger but is solitary. It learns to hunt by watching its mother. It learns by example. A lion, however, lives in a pride. It spends its entire life playing with other lions. That "play" is training for how to fight and hunt. A lion learns not just how to take down prey but also how to kill other cats.
A tiger vs a lion would be like Goliath vs. Achilles.
Scott Martin you do realize tigers don’t have single cubs right? Cubs still get that “training” by playing with its siblings as well. Actually a tiger is more suited for 1 on 1, seeing as it spends most of its life as a solitary animal. It literally takes down animals that lions need multiple to take down. Also for the simple fact tigers will literally kill bears around the same size as it, so even if tigers were to learn only by “example” it obviously help. A tiger would absolutely Demolish a lion in a 1 on 1.
@@chronology4723 But the facts are they do not demolish lions. They always lose and submit. The only lions they kill are sub adult or female.
Nevern Presence what 🗿, they’re multiple videos of tigers and lions fighting. And im pretty sure the ones with the giant ass manes are males.
@@chronology4723 he also said sub-adult, as in not fully grown. And yes male lions can grow full manes before reaching adulthood.
Ive watched plenty of his videos now and this line: "An amor tiger is like a honey badger on crack, is doesnt give a shit." Is by far my favourite moment.
There are similar stories of Lions in Africa. One where an injured hunter was helped by a mission which had had a disease pass through it. A lion had come into the hospital in the night, passed the sick people and taken the hunter without waking anyone in the hospital.
can you pls link me that story
I bet that tiger could smell gun smells on the hunter. Guns have smells, of oils and cleaners and gun powder and primer. Very distinct.
There was a movie about it called The Ghost and the Darkness. They were two male lions that teamed up and absolutely terrorized a railway project in Africa.
They were real, their bodies are on display at the Smithsonian.
Daniel Shue the maneaters of tsavo n Kenya
Ghost in the darkness
Man: *steals the tiger's food*
Tiger : "Siri, play This Is How Villains Are Made"
When I was a teen, I read a book called Tryst With Tigers. It was the stories of a hunter in Colonial India about his life and hunting man eating tigers. Let's say that Tigers make lions look like house cats sometimes. The hunters often became the hunted.
Oh the Royal Bengal Tiger. They exist in my country Bangladesh now, post colonial India was broken off.
Let's just say we give offerings to the tigers if confronted. The moment you step into the Sundarbans, you’ve entered a tiger's territory and It's already watching you. They don't kill unless necessary, but they are really majestic.
@@illosionmouneen2468 It is probably about the the man-eating tigers in Uttarakhand, specifically Rudraprayag district.
@@akshitgaur8581 wasn't the man-eater of rudraprayag a leopard?
@@illosionmouneen2468 that's crazy that you guys live with such powerful beasts. The worst I have to contend with is mountain lions. And they're a majestic beast in their own right. Kinds skittish though.
@@reeverfalls2069 Bengal tigers are cute( except the old man eaters, they are scary). An adult strong Royal Bengal tiger wouldn’t care if it’s not hungry and you don’t annoy it. They act like cats. I once saw one from the other side of the river, it was summer, the heat was unbearable so poor thing was swimming in the water. Took one look at me, stared for a few seconds and ignored me.
I wouldn't be surprised if the tiger suddenly goes "I think therefore I am"
That’s a terrifying idea
is that from i have no mouth and i must scream?
The justice genie from what I see it’s a philosophical question that leads to rational thinking.
But he must be careful, because if he boarded an aeroplane and the stewardess asked him if he wanted peanuts and he said, "I think not," he'd disappear.
Markov: Shoots tiger
Tiger: And I took that personally
I would too, that fucker shot me how is it not personal
Shooting someone does make it pretty personal
What they said ☝🏾
You know...i cant really argue with that logic
How do you get shot and tell your shooter "No worries mate. It's all good"
Vladimir Markov:
COD players: "that name sounds familiar...🤔"
Man: *shoots tiger*
Tiger: *"So you have chosen death!"*
"No, no, you don't want to do that. If you shoot him, you'll just make him mad." -- Gene Wilder, _Blazing Saddles (1974)_
I have always fantasized shooting a tiger while its attacking me.
Tiger: you should have gone for the head .
Someone once told me “If you’re going to shoot a bear, make sure the first shot kills it” I’m sure the same applies for tigers. And humans.
@@juanthehorse1988 bring an rpg
“But little did he know, stealing the boar sealed his fate”
“But little did he know, firing at the tiger sealed his fate”
“But little did he know, wounding the tiger sealed his fate”
How many fates can one guy have? Lol
A fate can be sealed and resealed for up to 5 times. I’ve seen it happen before, believe you me.
The tiger kept letting things slide but eventually he had enough and shut that nonsense right the hell down.
Alternate title: "The biggest fate sealer in history is not who you think"
@Pistol Pete
🤣 🤣 🤣
Fate is continuous; you could as well say, "Little did he know when he settled near the Amur River..." or LDHK when he told his friend a tiger was chasing him..."
Man steals tiger’s prey
Tiger: You have chosen death
no wait. I meant cake!
Tigers: exist
Man: so you have chosen death
I read that with a russian accent 😭
Man With Rifle: You shall make a great Coat
This world is so F'ed up! So he stole the food of a APEX Predator, and was rightfully killed for it, but the Tiger was murdered because of his idiotic decision! I pray that all poachers are dealt with in the same manner!!
His friend in a nutshell said “GIT!!!!!!”😂😂😂😂, what a dedicated friend…
Man steal tiger's meal
Tiger: I'm about to end this man career.
More like im going to make this man my meal
I surely will
@@shhwinner6663 Even more like I'll take my boar back, stuff it up the man's ass, and devour the boar-stuffed monkey.
Clearly these people have never seen the meme that this quote is from lol This comment wins the internet!
It’s been years since I been on this channel. Bro has a mustache now😭
Eli-akad 😂 lmfao confused me too
We should start a petition to eradicate it.
Or give him a bowler hat to finish the British look
This guy took "yrs" to tell this dam story.
I thought, "This must be what H.H.Holmes looked like in real life.." ..like how he was able to keep charming and disarming people, and women kept marrying him.
My friend : Steals my kill in an online game
Me : I am something of an Amur tiger myself
Your friend: 👁👄👁
LOL
When I dont get my heal: I shall remember this betrayal
Well ya gotta test if friendly fire is on ya know
I missed the part where that's my problem
Love how the friend is like oh no don't brig Tiger to me it danger. But when Markus dies it's like I will avenge you.
Simple logic: If someone threatens to starve you, eat him.
Jens Philip Höhmann this is just justice. Very logical and fair.
@@ottonormalverbraucher7835 Sure eating it is fine. But ripping apart it's body limb by limb is surely unnecessary.
@Julie Walker nice.
*Outstanding Move*
Victor Rodriguez he was at-least nice enough to fold their clothes
i read the book about this. the first chapter was from Markov's pov. the last line or so stuck with me.
in the darkness of the cabin he heard a rumble of thunder. no, not thunder.
What’s the name of the book?
@@nourhansalloum822 "The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival" by John Vaillant
Vladimir markov :“why do I hear boss music?”
🤣
“...Test your might.”
*pinwheel theme plays*
😂
Ark survival battle theme plays
A very intriguing story I'm always been fascinated by large prey such as tigers leopards lions thank you for that story in the ones before and then wants to come😊
It is truly worrisome when an apex predator learns just how easy it is to hunt man.
Thats half the reason "man eaters" are hunted and killed after killing someone, cant have them knowing how slow we are
They already know. He didn't even eat the man. He was just pissed that he took his meal and shot him. You'd be pretty angry, too.
Worrisome for the tiger . once identified as a man eater its curtains for the tiger .
Woudlnt necessarily call it easy. The tiger died cuz of it's new diet choice
@@AnAmericanMusician the man himself was looking for food too. Put yourself in his shoes. There is tiger in front of you who can snap anytime and try to kill you. The only way out is either kill the thing or injure it so it retreats.
I am sympathetic for the human that felt forced to steal from a tiger out of desperation and shot at it because he was scared but tigers are intelligent creatures so i am not surprised by the series of events at all. The tiger was hungry too and minding its own business, probably avoiding the human intruding in its territory and the human dares steal the food it risked starving to hunt down and kill? Then in an effort to get its food back (perhaps even just trying to scare him away) the human shoots the tiger, permanently injuring it and hindering its ability to hunt. What intelligent creature wouldn't want revenge? It just so happens this creature was a fearless apex predator with the patience and wisdom to go through with it against humans. We shouldn't hate tigers for stories like this in fact we should respect them and leave them alone.
Faterfoid 69 agree 100% but you wrote i feel sypathetetic for the Tiger wrong. Yeah both sides were correct on their own terms but for example nobody likes people wo break in to your home and snatch your food. And they know that these amur tigers live there so he should have got to hunt for himself cause to take a tigers food is equal bringing your own death sentence maybe it wouldnt if he didnt wound the tiger who knows.... sad story sad for the people who got killed and also sad for the tiger.
@@tacandshoot53 w
I feel like this would make a really good movie
Like The Revenant, but in reverse.
Same
@CAWF Network TV Yes, they have to copy everything, this is too original to write and make for them.
check dersu uzala
Austin Chandler so true
“Like a honey badger on crack. It doesn’t give a shit” 😂 that had me CACKLING
The Cold War long over, the Amur Tiger has never forgotten the broken promises left by Vladimir Putin.
@@Dog-ManTribe bro?
@@Dog-ManTribe lmaoaoskskskskkskslalalalallalakakalal
Putin?, Maybe more liken Lenin?....
@@twopieceshippudden9850 Lenin died decades before the cold war. Putin, at least, makes a little bit of sense since he was in the KGB. (If I remember correctly)
@@AriaFromMahabre ok brother :)
Jees! This story makes the tiger sound like an 80s horror movie slasher.
I was thinking The Terminator when he described it
or a 80's action hero out for revenge
or The Revenant
they really should make a movie of this lol
In an alternate reality where it's Hobbes that is real and Calvin that is an imaginary friend. A tale of vengeance.
You should make a video about Gustave, a 20 foot nile crocodile that has killed over 300 people, and usually doesn't even eat the body.
They named the crocodile Gustave? How cute
@@alyssarose3880 Gustave is a name given to nobles and kings
Yes, please!
Is that real?
B P Yes look it up, it’s absolutely terrifying.
I think that this is one of Thoughty2's best videos ever. The moment that the first man shot him, it took his ability to fight it's usual prey and turned its full attention on man. If he had left the kill alone in the first place, he'd still be alive, no doubt. So sad.
I guess for the tiger it's the thrill of the fight, risin up to the challenge of their rival.
Lol! It's The Eye of the Tiger 🎵 🐅 😏
Wahahahaha
Nice...🙈
Dad?
This is one of the best comments ever...
In soviet Russia, you don’t put the Tiger in its place, it puts you in your’s
In 1997 Russia wasn't part of the soviet union anymore - it ended in 1991.
@@kai_plays_khomus i wasn't talking about that specific tiger
I was talking about the Amur tiger in general which he described in the first half of the video
And who even nitpicks on something like this
@@Phoenix-King-ozai Its a terrible meme that should absolutely die. Replace Soviet Russia with Nazi Germany and you've actually made the meme tamer.
@@kai_plays_khomus r/woooosh
@@horntail-wyvern2803
"r/woooosh" doesn't work here.
Well, like Machiavelli put it:
'When engaging an enemy, destroy him completely. This way you will avoid his revenge.'
Also, when you go hunting, prepare to die. Welcome to the jungle, baby.
"Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves." - Confucius ~
"Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much." - Oscar Wilde
Well a good way to avoid a member of another species’ revenge, is for them to no longer to exist to exhibit such a response. If they dare hunt us we should make farm of them, and sell them, efficiently; that is our gift as humanity, as technological competing biological machines. They threaten us, so we must eradicate their threat. That is the way of nature, the ever existing arms race between species.
@@V01DIORE Are you serious?
You have a real gift for the gab my friend. Excellent story telling 👏👌
amur tigers should be preserved... i think the area that they live in should be a big nature reserve its the least we can do to the great tsar
We need to catalog their DNA and every other endangered species. We are a cancer and nothing on this planet will survive us.
@@manictiger Bacteria, "Am I a joke to you?"
@@royriley6282 bacterias have more than enough to feast on. Do human has limits on it's greed?
@@manictiger That is similar to what I used to think, until I truly comprehended that humans are animals. There are other animals that do kill more than they could possibly eat, ones that are cruel for fun and even a few cases of apparent war. We humans are not really that different. If a different animal had adapted in our place, then they may have been better caretakers for Earth, or they could have just as likely been worse.
After coming to this realization, I have come to appreciate that humans are trying and, in many cases, succeeding in doing better. Yes we have along way to go, but that is no reason to hate our species, as in the end we are simply another animal.
manictiger start with your self
Friend: Don't come near my house you'll bring the tiger with you
*Markovs body is found*
Friend: *surprised pickachu face*
To be fair, we don't know exactly what he saw at the scene. I think seeing the aftermath of a clearly, unnecessarily gruesome act would change a lot of people's minds.
@@PhyreI3ird Meh humans have done way worse then ripping someone appart
@@erikmckoul2478 yes and don't we all just love the humans that done that?
Tiger: "MY K/D RATIO!!! YOU STOLE MA KILL!"
"Dammit, now I have to find another one!"
It would be more accurate to compare it to someone looting the body of the person you killed, hence, stealing it's kill.
Typical Rengar player
but shouldn’t the tiger hate the game instead of the player 🤔
local man griefs tiger player
"Humans are the Apex Predators of the world"
Man-eating Tiger: *By yourself??? Okay, let's test that.*
The fact that Markov's body was missing and completely gone(besides limbs, head), is a reason why carol baskins is even more guilty.
You killed Eli you Baskin case!
justice for Markov ✊
I was waiting on it and my lord I’m home 🏠
"A tiger's disturbing psychology"
Nothing but a tiger wounded by man no longer fit to chase prey and resort to stalking men for survival.
Yeah, there was a similar story of a Bengal Tiger in India, called the "Champawat Tiger" that became a man-eater after it was shot in the mouth, losing several teeth, and figured it can easily hunt humans to survive.
That's a dumbass plan reconsidering man has almost made them extinct.
@@anonymussmith2899 Sounds like poetic justice to me
@@aspenmontgomery409 Poets of the Fall
@@aspenmontgomery409 "justice" really
Humans: “OH GOD THIS MONSTER LEFT NOTHING OF HIM BEHIND, GORE WAS SCATTERED EVERYWHERE!”
Also humans: *skins and deeply inspects insides of said monster*
Of course. It's human instinct to kill a threat then analyze why it was a threat. Our societies always reacts like this when a man eater of any sort is identified. Maybe not always the skinning part but still.
The world isn't perfect, of course you'd feel more empathy towards your own kind than you would be towards the creature that viscously mauled said, individual. Let's be honest if animals were smart they'd probably treat us in the same manner, because apparently racism is a part of intelligent beings.
Humanity is the real monster. It will destroy itself...but sadly I will not live long enough to see that.
@@madmantheepic7278 So is that why black people can't be racist? I get it now, thanks!
@@MoarteaLunii And that has anything to do with...?
You’re the goat of TH-cam you should be proud of yourself dude
AND THEN, the Tigers best friend saw his corpse and swore to avenge him by killing the Tiger Inspector, stay tuned.
Tigers live in solitude, they don't make friends with each other.
神推しあしゅりん it was a joke bud
An hilarious joke! O when will this carnage end?!! 😭
@@Bohemian0522 don't worry the tiger wouldn't read this and wouldn't get offended :)
Was I supposed to laugh? Because I certainly didn't.
"What happened will ASTONISH YOU!"
Not watching, clearly clickbait.
EDIT: It wasn't clickbait.
Bruh moment
@@fabs2777 ñø
This guy doesn't seem to be click bait nut. Good storyteller, like the accent too.
The part about how the Chinese harvest everything about the tiger for medicine is the only disturbing part of the story really.
For a country with the second biggest economy they do some backward shit.
@@kennyfenny4754 no regard for life, human or animal
@@ericsacks5731 it's a total lack of empathy
There is a snowflake!
@@charlie11ng42 Thinking that someone being stalked and killed by a Tiger is disturbing makes you a snowflake?
"Like a honey badger on crack, it doesn't give a shit" that got in stitches 🤣🤣
Markov's friend: "Sorry droog, I won't help you nor give you shelter."
Also Markov's friend: "Now that droog was killed, I shall act!"
I mean, if he took him in, the tiger would have likely eventually turned up there and hurt even more people
@@charleenlangley8709 yeah but why act afterwards I don't blame him for cowardice I would do the same but being a two faced person.
@@charleenlangley8709 what a coward and a degenerate. You look out for your own. That man is no friend.
@@charleenlangley8709 come on the tiger isn't a tribe of armed humans or a supernatural demon, Its a single wounded tiger. If that friend was a true friend he would have let Markov stay at his home for a few weeks, kept his family safely indoors and BOTH of them could have worked together to kill the tiger when or if it tracked Markov to his home. Of course Markov would owe his friend big time and would have to pay him back.
But to send him away to his death is a shitty thing to do. They can't have been real friends
Yeah what a jerk. It was a tiger vs two armed men. I wouldve barricaded the house and lit a fire.
Moral of the story: when you open fire on a tiger, make sure the job is done
Same for humans.
Moral of the story is don't fuck with tigers
No, moral of the story is stay away from Tigers and whatever you do, don't steal their kill.
Moral of the story: humans are weak, humans must respect mothers nature and it creations.
Moral of the story: animals hate lootgrabbers
That's a very skilled storyteller. I could see the events unfolding before my eyes in realtime. Great Job!
Well maybe cuz ur watching a video? Literally shows watever he's talking about
THE MORAL OF THIS STORY:
Do NOT piss off this tiger.
"Tigers are exceptional detectives"
There's a TV show there somewhere.
A little known fact, is that Thoughty2 was the first baby born with a full mustache. Hard to believe, but true.
Very easy to believe in fact
Watch his old videos mate
How old is he actually
@@what.are.you.doing.stepbro Forty two?
@@johnfyten3392 lol is that fr or a pun
Saw one in cage when I was 16. Walked to where I was and looked at me. Had to be 300lb Siberian male with paws as big as my head. You can feel the power emanating(sp?) off of them along with the state looking right into you.
If it was a siberian male it probably weighed more than that. I went to a show in vegas as a kid and oh man... I feel you on the power aspect. Tigers are what got me started collecting exotics. But the most dangerous I go is venomous spiders... I couldnt even imagine having a tiger in the backyard 😂
@@mikeximenez5285 it depends where it was. We got zoo's here in Netherlands that have siberian tigers, but I can tell they are small and skinny compared to the ''real'' ones in the wild.
@Ms Bliss Those tigers you pet were probably heavily drugged and chained though. Sometimes I kinda lose hope in humanity when there are comments like these.
@@sharitamall1244 my country have tigers, lions , leopard, snow leopard, clouded leopard, hyenas, elephant, rhinos (2nd biggest) in wild , and it is feared that lions will soon come in contact with tigers , if transferred to kuno national park.
The battle will be legendary
Here in zoo a tiger killed a African lion because of mishandling of zoo keeper . Tigers are nightmare
Hey Arran, ever think of becoming a screen writer? Da*n this video was captivating. Your storytelling is fabulous!
Man: *Swipes tigers food*
Tiger: "So u have chosen Death"
Hilarious and original! Hilarious and original! Hilarious and original!
Seen this type of comment alot but this one actually makes sense in the context of the video. The tiger really did kill the poor bastard.
OH YOU DARE FIGHT ME YOU FILTHY HUMAN, YOUR SPECIES SHALL NOT SURVIVE
you ate my food it's in your guts now, I'll eat you.
very simple tiger logic
@@nogoodgod4915 you mean the poor bastard that stole it's food I don't blame the tiger
OMG Freddy Mercury sounds so different when he's not singing!
Freddie*
@@drainyou31 *fredee
Jimbo Slice *frooda
@@Greg12839 Frrrrreeeaaaaaaoooooddiiiiiiyyyyyeeeeeee*
*Frodo*
Wait so his “friend” told him to leave but then wanted to hunt the tiger after he died makes no sense
Different friend
The nearby friend he asked for help was a native the other was his best friend probably.
Most likely that how the tiger killed his friend that makes him super terrified and felt that no such creature as that is needed to live.
They also realized the tiger was hurt.. therefore man was his chance of staying alive..
So they had to go after him
Like in a horror movie his friend knew to stay away from the main protagonist cuz the ghost/monster almost always kills his/her acquaintances and leaves the protagonist for last
A well done reading of the Story! Thank you!
The version of this story that I heard is that the man was actually a poacher. He shot the tiger, but did not kill it. Which is when the tiger tracked him down and killed him.
Rikutsu Hakumishi liberal oversimplification to fit an agenda
Correct, he was hunting the tiger. There is no boar in the real story.
Sounds like the urban legend version. And like every urban legend, there's a moral to the story. But life isn't so black and white. I'm more inclined to believe that the situation was more complicated and that there were reasons to sympathize with the starving hunter, since that part is always left out of morality tales
I'm more inclined to believe in human selfishness and superiority.
@faultroy
Watch it it's the real incident th-cam.com/video/1XsO8qqF_t4/w-d-xo.html
An Amazing documentary
Dude, your story telling is amazing. I was enthralled and immersed in that story. I even got a bit scared myself thinking about that tiger. But in the end the disturbing psychology of the tiger was a need of necessity. Implemented by mans foreign presence in nature. Awesome
This is why you don't feed your husband to a tiger *coughcarolebaskincough*
How much sardine oil though
@@paulhpurdy alot
Åůtömåh you get rid of both.
🤣🤣👏👏
I came here for this comment
This man is a Frankie Muniz variant, and you'll never convince me otherwise.