(via The True Story Of A Man-Eating Tigers Vengeance : NPR)

(via The True Story Of A Man-Eating Tiger’s ‘Vengeance’ : NPR)

The tigers that populate this region are commonly referred to as Siberian tigers, but they are more accurately known as the Amur tiger. “Imagine a creature that has the agility and appetite of the cat and the mass of an industrial refrigerator,” Vaillant tells NPR’s Linda Wertheimer. “The Amur tiger can weigh over 500 pounds and can be more than 10 feet long nose to tail.”

These majestic tigers can jump as far as 25 feet – vertically, they can jump over a basketball hoop. Vaillant cites a famous tiger biologist who, when asked how high a tiger can jump, responded: “As high as it needs to.”

At the center of the story is Vladimir Markov, a poacher who met a grisly end in the winter of 1997 after he shot and wounded a tiger, and then stole part of the tiger’s kill.

The injured tiger hunted Markov down in a way that appears to be chillingly premeditated. The tiger staked out Markov’s cabin, systematically destroyed anything that had Markov’s scent on it, and then waited by the front door for Markov to come home.

“This wasn’t an impulsive response,” Vaillant says. “The tiger was able to hold this idea over a period of time.” The animal waited for 12 to 48 hours before attacking.

When Markov finally appeared, the tiger killed him, dragged him into the bush and ate him. “The eating may have been secondary,” Vaillant explains. “I think he killed him because he had a bone to pick.”

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