The "Man Eater's of Tsavo" is the true story of the construction of a
railroad bridge across the Tsavo River in what is today Kenya, Africa, with the events taking place in 1898. A pair of lions
were killing the workers in large numbers. The project leader, Colonel J.H.
Patterson, was doing everything he could to stop these animals, without
success. Even the Masai lion hunters gave up!
The two lions, both males, were
given the names 'The Ghost' and 'The Darkness' by the local natives. After
some help from a professional big game hunter, the two lions were
eventually shot, after killing some 140 people. These lions were mounted, and
are on display at Chicago's Field Museum of Natural History. The story of the two man eater's has been immortalised in a movie, "The Ghost And the Darkness starring Val Kilmer and Michael Douglas. See the review of the movie at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116409/
Today, Tsavo is a National park in Kenya, with loads of wild animals roaming freely.
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