Few lions or tigers become man-eaters. Of those that do take human beings or cattle as regular food, most are driven by famine or injury. They become a scourge, roaming over wide areas, terrorizing villages and isolated settlements, their cunning often allowing them to elude capture for many years. This collection of first-hand tales about man-eaters in East Africa and India is drawn from the period before urbanization made the lion and tiger endangered species - when a human being was more likely to be a potential meal than a potential threat. Among the stories are encounters with man-eaters credited with 50 or even 100 victims, successfully attacking protected villages, construction sites or railway stations in pursuit of prey.