Tanzania Terror
On the banks of the Rufiji River in Tanzania a man-eater spreads terror in villages, killing 49 people within 18 months. Damaged teeth may explain the lion’s preference for human meat. Are there more of its kind out there?, Exploring reasons why a single lion preyed on humans along the Rufiji River in southern Tanzania, killing 49 people between 2000 and 2002. During the killing spree he was dubbed “Osama.”, On the banks of the Rufiji River, in Southern Tanzania, a horrifying epidemic of man-eating Lions is spreading terror throughout rural villages. Over the course of eighteen months, a lion consumes and kills 49 people. An autopsy on the man-eater reveals a possible motive: the lion has badly damaged teeth. Every bite may have caused excruciating pain and would have made it impossible to catch or eat tough wild meat. But the day after the lion is killed, another human is attacked by a different lion. Is something else turning these lions into man-eaters?