The Archive · 1937

Disappearance of Man

Hongkong, Jan, 28, Evidence that the tiger which has been alarming villagers in the neigh= bourhood of 'Kowloon is. still se tive has been provided by the finding of the body Of a Chinese woman' yet terday on the slopes of Taimoshan The torso had "been devoured. and rething remained but the head and scattered. limbs.

Villagers state that the tiger's spor. which Ted to. and from. the remains, indisputably reveals that the women was the victim of a feline marauder. The ground was consider ably torn. up a few yards fromthe Femains, Indicating that the woman struggled desperately: when the User pounced on her.

The vielim was a native of Talwale chuen, a village from which a male Chinese is missing. The man is also Believed to have been a. victim. of tiger, though his remains have not yet been discovered.—Reuter,

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