Man Eating Leopard of Panar by Jim Corbett | Audiobook (English)
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- Legendary hunter turned conservationist, Colonel Jim Corbett's thrilling account of the Panar Leopard, which killed over 400 people in the Himalayan foothills of India, in the early 20th century, one of the most prolific of all man-eaters, second only to the Champawat man-eater, which lived at the same time.
Note that this was the first audio recording I did and it was done on a whim, late one evening with no prior experience, preparation, or adequate recording equipment. This is an unedited piece of recording done on a laptop. So please excuse the echo and the inconsistent audio with all the popping noises.
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There is a newer and improved version of this story which has been re-recorded with better audio and much-improved narration. It can be accessed from the link below.
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This was my first audio recording and it was done on a whim, late one evening with no prior experience, preparation, or adequate recording equipment. This is an unedited piece of recording done on a laptop. So please excuse the echo and the choppy audio that goes in and out with all the popping noises.
I really enjoyed your reading of these maneater stories, really scary,thank you.
Thanks so very much
Thanks so very much
Still enjoyed…thank you..,
Jim is doing all this for free as a service to the people. His struggles and malaria and risk of leprosy are part and parcel of the man’s heroism.
indeed. Thanks for listening.
He had hunted man-eaters while feverish with malaria. And once with an extreme ear infection from having had a rifle fired too close to his ear while guiding a hunt for upper class servants of the viceroy. After being stalked by the man eater he for and successfully dispatched him the abscess in his head burst During the course of his merciful pilgrimage and at that moment having relieved 500 square miles of territory from the predations of the man-eater. He too was relieved from his suffering, he probably traveled over a thousand miles on foot up hill and down. He didn't seek worship nor was he vain. His very acts show he had more love for his people than any government officer. His father was white British, his mother Hindi and participated in the revolt, while his father had had soldiered for the empire, he and she found each other in that chaos. His other stories about his cousin dansay and and early life. I thank the narrator for bringing this to us all. I would like to ask you to seek out the blind as audience and veterans whom have lost their sight in the service of their country. Jim , himself had dedicated his books and the proceeds thereof to these gallant men. I didn't write that plea from reading and writing. They were his words and dedication. I have read them many times from the age of 9 years old. Mother Theresa served God. And Jim Corbett served him as well in compassion for his fellows.
How can someone be so brave ....
He strictly asked people not to put bounty on animal head
I’m hoping you’ll do more Jim Corbett stories. I’ve read all his books many times over. It’s great to lay in bed at night and listen to these adventures!
Thank you for the kind words. Already working on them in my spare time! Been a fan of his stories myself.
Lol I laughed so hard when the cook ran after the leopard thinking it was a dog but bolted at "even greater speed" after realizing what it really was
I had almost forgotten about this one. I love Corbett's stories. Such an unassuming writer. Thanks for reading it out.
Really aggressive. This leopard was more frightening than the better known Rudraprayag one. A shorter story, but a more intense one
Excellent narration of these fascinating and true stories written by Jim Corbett who had a deep respect, understanding and compassion for the peoples of India. I recall reading as a young girl, Corbett’s book “Man Eaters of Kumaon”, and reading it countless times. I still have the book, and am a considerably older girl. I value this book, copyright 1946, because of the pleasure it has brought me with countless readings. Thank you for bringing these stories to life in an audio format, well done!
Wonderful. I grew up on Corbett and still find them fascinatingly real and evocative.. He had a way with words and his descriptive powers were quite extraordinary. Not surprising that his Maneaters of Kumaon was a prose text at school.
Thanks for listening Mr. Thomas. Corbett's narrative ability as an author was exemplary.
This will make my commute go faster. Such a blast from the past. Can you please do more of these narrations?
Given this was your first narration, please know this...
No one could possibly be better suited to reading Corbett's adventures than someone bilingual....I speak several languages but I don't pretend to know how to pronounce Indian words, especially names....
Give yourself an A+...I give you the same....
Thanks! I hadn't really thought about it that way. Appreciate you for sharing your thoughts!
He is such a great story teller
Thank you for this narration. I hope you continue with more of Jim Corbett's work .
Thanks for reading this story, I love Mr Corbett and his adventures. Look forward to more of his adventures from you . You read these perfectly, thank you
I just started reading jim corbett books and I really loved it
Nicely done. I'd never heard of Jim Corbett before but lo and behold Im looking forward to more narrations like this
Although I've read all of Corbett's books, I've never known how to pronounce the names of Indian places and people. It is very helpful to hear them read aloud.
Much appreciated. Thanks for listening.
Amazing story. As a child, I lived in the foothills of Zagros mountains in Iran and we had several incidents with leopards there but never heard of anything even remotely comparable to this. Greetings from California.
Wonderful! Thanks for leaving a comment!
Thanks for your narration. It has always been my ambition to visit Corbett country. Hopefully this Covid plague will get sorted and we can visit that lovely country.
Thanks! I hope you do. It's still beautiful in parts. The development keeps encroaching inexorably.
I really get an impression of the danger the people are in, they ate so many people and they told him to get his will and affairs are in order, what an adventure. Thank you for uploading this. Scary stuff.
I can really feel the tension, fear, excitement and what not by imagining all this. I wish there was a tv series on it, but the TV is full of crappy sops, and comedy shows.
Thank you for your narration of a very fascinating story of a very fascinating man. I've read his stories and I never get tired of hearing or reading them. The man was quite a detailed writer and his stories constantly keeps you engaged till the very end. I hope you narrate more of his stories. You do a great job. Best wishes always
Cheers for that wonderful comment. It is much appreciated!
This guy is unbelievable ! Jim killed 31 maneating tigers and 2 maneating leopards Some of these big cats had killed 400 to 500 people. He walked thousands of miles in his lifetime in the thickest jungles and steep mountains. Stalking wounded killer tigers must be the ultimate hunt. GREATEST HUNTER OF ALL TIME !
True! Thanks for the comment Mr. Boswell.
Thanks for uploading such a beautiful story. I am a big fan of Jim Corbett and I love hearing Corbett stories at night with my favourite headset fitted in my ears. This is one of the most challenging encounters that Corbett had with man eaters in the Himalayan region. He didn't even know whether he would be able to get back home alive as he was supposed to take on one of the deadliest beasts to have walked the earth.
Right on! Thanks for listening Mr. Krishnan!
Same as Jim Corbett ,there was a hunter named Kenneth Anderson who killed many man-eater in southern India in pre and post independence,his encounters were same as Jim Corbett..If any one wants to read such historic encounters search for his books in internet which are easily available..
Thanks for reading in English, appreciate it, bahut danyad, as they say,
Blast from the past.. I read these books of Jim Corbett in my school days... Thanks Buddy
I remember my middle school teacher reading this to us. I'd been searching for Corbett's stores for a long time.
Cheers!
You should read, "The man-eater of Rudraprayag"
You can't hardly get these books no more where can I get them
I'm addicted to these stories and your narration is wonderful Thankyou
My favorite story by Jim Corbett because it was one of his first maneaters and such an exciting story ... so long ago 😞
Wow what a thrilling tale. Nicely read and looking forward to a reading of rudraprayag man eater. Cheers!
Thanks for the comment!
Well read. I love your work, you have earned my subscription 👍
Much appreciated. In due course of time, I'll be posting more.
The stuff that you are sharing really is very good, thank you.
😊Love these stories!
Wonderful piece of narration ❤
Good story! Bravo!
Well read, sir.
Great work, my friend.
I love the drawing of The Panar Leopard. It's a pretty picture. I'm really grateful for the upload. Very interesting. STAY WARM. Love and light from Gore, Oklahoma. ✍ 🔥 ❤💡
Thank you! Cheers! Good to hear from the neighboring state to the north.
Great job. Thank you kind sir.
Enjoyed that immensely!
Thanks!
Thanks brother...for your effort.
I read all(except Tree Top) of Jim corbets books at least 100 times.
Now with your effort I just have to put the ear phones and switch off the lights..
Many thanks
Welcome and thanks for listening!
Nice one... expect more stories
Nicely done.
superb. loving it
thanks a bunch
You're welcome Abhinav. This story has now been re-recorded with better audio.
@@selvalore yes heard the new one ..I am.a big fan of jim.corbett and Kenneth Anderson
I just found your channel. Love it. Subscribed
Welcome aboard!
What blissful listening & stunning illustration.
The illustration is from Raymond Shepard from the original book
Thanks.Will try to see if I can get a print!
Excellent! I was sitting on the edge of my chair thankful it’s still daylight out. That was so satisfyingly terrifying.
Well, thanks for saying that despite the very unprofessional recording.
I've read the tale of the rudraprayag leopard but this was no less thrilling
Absolutely! Thanks for listening.
Terrifying tales for shure 😳
thank u so much.
Audio books are currently in trend but noone nothing can defeat reading books and imaging circumstances
Gtreat stories please more Greetings from Australia
Thanks for listening
Good narrative
Do the story of Kenneth Anderson his story is also another level
Brilliant
Beautiful tails. Please upload more stories of "Jim Carbit". I belongs to Pakistan and several years back I used to read his hunting tails in an Urdu magazine. If you could make documentary on this bravo man please do so.
Thank you for listening and for your comment.
Kindly do the thak man-eater, my favourite corbett story !
I will get to it at some point. Thanks for listening Mr. Sinha!
Jim was technically an Indian. He was white, but he was born and brought up in India. He understood Indian culture and spoke the local language like a local. So, we can call him Indian whose parents came from Britain.
Such a good story to listen too before u go out hunting. Even if it's just going out into the snow in Michigan lol.
Hahaha love it!
Just hunting some whitetail deer maybe see a coyote once in awhile and that's about it. Lol pretty Minimal danger. Still a great reading man making me feel like I'm there on that tree limb. Sucks he got malaria again after all that.
@@garrettromer8499 Thanks Garrett. For future reference, there's a better version of this story (if you ever want to revisit it). The link is in the pinned comment.
WhiteTail deer is an American staple. We have quite a lot of them down here in Texas. But nothing compared to Wisconsin ofc
@@selvalore lol I think I might rather be hunting whitetail in Texas over Michigan right now. Got some nice snow storms coming through our way. I'm glad I'm hunting on my tribes reservation though hunting public land in Michigan is ridiculous. Hunters basically stepping over each other everywhere out there. It's a good way to get accidentally shot because it's gun season. U can only hunt with a compound bow or a crossbow where I'm at so it feels a lot safer. Not many ppl who still hunt with a bow at this time of year. At least here in central Michigan.
This is actually really scary, the big cats are coming through windows and doors in to their homes. Some one suggested these videos, thank you.
Rest in Peace poor victims .
Kenneth Anderson and other hunters stories too please...
Some of them are already up on the channel.
Thanks man for this !
btw are you from india?
Thanks for listening Manas. India is home!
Please tell me in which book Mr.Cobertt has written the story about panar man eater(the story you read above)..Thank you for your work
"Temple tiger and more man-eaters of Kumaon"
Please please please read the Rudriprayag maneater
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Between this , the Champawatt Tigress and over a dozen other similar cases, how did the Villagers in India back in those days manage to get by ?
No doubt the people of the himalayan foothills in those two districts had a rough time at the beginning of the 20th century. It was tough eking a living from agriculture. The forest cover shrank rapidly in the 20th century and tigers or leopards came into direct conflict with the people. They still do to this day. Its a miracle of some sorts how the country has managed to hold onto its tiger population, albeit a fraction of their numbers a 100 or some years ago.
Hi, do you have any sources. I would like to write about this topic in my course
The source of this story is the book "Temple Tiger and More Man Eaters of Kumaon".
There's no doubt India has the greatest number of man eaters
It’s really surprising that when going after a man eater Corbett wouldn’t be carrying the very best in first aid and medical supplies if not for survivors of maulings he came across at the very least himself should he have been attacked which would have been very likely hunting a man eater!
If you've read Chowgarh Tigers, Corbett was carrying some kind of yellow ointment in his pocket for himself which came in handy. Corbett was inexperienced when it comes to hunting man eaters in this one so its understandable. Also, the terrain is so rugged and tough that it would have been virtually impossible to carry any extra weight when walking for miles considering the heavy rifle he was already carrying.
@@selvalore your right I just thought after hearing he had 5 guys carrying his luggage and comfortables you would think an experienced hunter regardless of first time hunting maneaters just a hunter in that time period would think medical aid would be first on the list to pack when there were no cars and had to walk everywhere. Even for just plain accidents a fall or bad cut you would want medical care for infection so that’s why it surprised me that wasn’t packed in his belongings for himself or others hunting a man eater !
Or he just had the ultimate confidence. Its worth remembering that although he lived a very active, rugged and often perilous life and shot about a dozen menacing man-eaters and spent hundreds of nights and countless days alone in the jungles or on hunting expeditions with others, he never got injured. Not to my knowledge at least.
@@sangramsingh8000 he almost died from a abscess in the jungle. Also malaria several times that put him incapacitated for days without medicine. I just thought a man of his knowledge would want a good first aid kit going hunting regardless for a man eater or not regardless of confidence just for him or people he met that had been hurt. He had 5 servants as he called them throw some first aid in with ya. But he was tougher than I’ll ever be and twice the hunter so he probably had some reason I was thinking maybe availability to the medicine to take before he left or the money to spend on it. Who knows. I love his stories and what he did for the people so it all worked out. I just wish he could have helped that poor women who was mauled.
@@209brandonb you're right about those things. Its true he always had men with him carrying his stuff when he was out on these expeditions. But they would only go so far as the forest bungalow or wherever he pitched his camp. On the actual maneater hunts he always went alone except for a few times when he had Ibbotson join him. But for sure, one wonders!
From an evolutionary perspective, humans have always been hunted. It's only in the last century or so that man-animal conflicts have become worse for obvious reasons. In the book *Man the Hunted*, anthropology Professor Robert W. Sussman has said primates have been prey for millions of years, a fact that greatly influenced the evolution of early man.
That fact should be palpable to most, although it's never articulated quite so well!
Iv read books like this
Excellent. Thanks for listening.
I have been listening to man eaters stories since last 2 years every single night and still was ignorant of them till today. The mob I was in suddenly got attacked by a leopard I was the closest to it 2 feet close but leopard decided to go for the guy on the right side instead of coming to left for me I got blocked by 2 people had a great fall looked back and I could see him growing and running towards me got up and ran away got away with minor injuries but other people were not so lucky 3 people got mauled out of which 2 had serious injuries and had to go through operation.
What a scary experience! Thankfully you escaped with only minor injuries.
@@selvalore Yep indeed once in a lifetime experience and by gods grace escaped with minor injuries 🙏 Thank you for all the stories must have listened to each audiobook dozens of times and its the only thing I listen while sleeping 💤 I hope you keep uploading them.
I would be angry at the guys for running but given their experience, you can’t really blame them for they never learned to control their fight/flight response.
That first cat was one gutsy critter I have had coyotes do the same thing
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Maleria and dengue continues we need jim in the role of scientist to remove the menes
John Rigby in UK firm have a limited amount of his books in new print in a box set, they also have his .275 Rigby Mauser rifle for visiting pilgrims to marvel over.
Suprised they even allow his gun to be in england today jim Colbert would be disgusted at what England has turned into today
Panar man eater was more dangerous than the man eating leopard of Rudrapriyag
Kenneth Anderson couldn't carry Jim's gun case
I came here after my professor told me about the story... it is really an adventure story
Kitty kitty is big
Did he say terrorizing, or tenderizing the natives ?????
Lol thts snarky. I think in this it hardly makes a difference.
Listening to this while cuddling my cat,, who started to gnaw on me
hahaha your cat is 95 percent similar to a tiger or a lion. People get weird ideas about their cats all the time. Let's hope your cat is an inner pacifist.
@@jefferyschlezinger7847 lol
Jim Corbett would have been a good cowboy. Instead of big cats he would have fought Comanche. 🙄 John Wayne would have played him in a movie.
U think the man trapped in the upstairs with his wife would have sharpened a piece of furniture or something and stabbed at the leopard from the door. Once it realized they wouldn't be an easy meal it most likely would have left.
Im not 1/10 the man Jim is.
Haha that would apply to most men I reckon
As far as I care, man deserves whatever he gets from any animal! Just think how much mankind has abused animals for his own gain!
A little blunt, but I can see your heart's in the right place.
Spoken from a safe place far away I'm sure
Just story telling
Leopards don't kill and eat humans except maybe children.
You made no mention of a human kill and eaten by the leopard
The panar leopard was one bad ass cat , never be another cunning leopard like him. 400 Human kills, WOW