Man Eaters: True Tales of Animals Stalking, Mauling, Killing, and Eating Human Prey

The reports and eyewitness accounts present here span many years and varied global settings, ranging from the desolate to breath-taking Edens where the beauty of the land belies the atmosphere of tragedy. Some of the stories are legendary - "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo," for instance. Some, like the grizzly attacks in national parks, were once newspaper headlines. Others are obscure events of individual heroism and ordeal, no less gripping for their obscurity.