Jim Corbett, a silent hunter

Now the information I am going to share with the reader should be regarded as a rumor because I don't have proof to substantiate the story as facts. But I saw this post in facebook somewhere. An Indian gentleman by the name of Mr Avari was on a man eating tiger hunt in the Terai on the India Nepal border. The man eating tiger had become a menace in the area. Mr Avari, who was employed in the British Indian army, took up the challenge. But he found himself paired up with an Englishman by the name of Jim. The Indian gentleman wanted to hunt alone as he was scared that his friend might panic. And in such a situation it would be impossible to handle both the panicked human and the man eater. But the person called Jim insisted in coming along and since Indians did not argue with Britishers, the Indian agreed. To make a long story short, when confronted by the tiger, he aimed and fired. He thought he heard two shots and saw smoke come out of the English mans rifle. The tiger was dead. Anyway, the English man told him that he had also fired but missed. The Englishman congratulated him(the Indian army man) on the successful hunt. The Indian army man never met the Englishman again but later on learned that it wasn't a bullet from his gun that had killed the tiger. His bullet had missed. On inquiring on who the elusive Englishman was he was told by a British officer that the man was no other than Jim Corbett. So basically I believe this story because in Jim Corbetts time half of north India was still dense forests with thousands of tigers roaming around. And a lot became man eaters. So I don't believe he only killed the man eaters which are stated in official statistics. His man eating tiger stories are concentrated in Kumaon that is north central India. Jim Corbett worked in the railways in North Eastern India. And just north of his workplace was the feared Terai Jungles. He must have done a lot of man eating tiger hunting there. But due to reasons known to him, he kept these exploits a secret giving the credit to other hunters. So here is a link for two books I wrote in Jim Corbetts story telling style.

https://www.amazon.com/Rogue-Elephant-Olipore-Great-Hunter-ebook/dp/B01E0TF39Y/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1470985216&sr=8-3&keywords=ashok+singh%28kindle%29
https://www.amazon.com/Man-Eating-Crocodile-Ganges-Hunter-ebook/dp/B01A3CY2BC/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1470985293&sr=8-2&keywords=ashok+singh%28kindle%29