A tiger holds up a bus with 30 pilgrims in forests of Adilabad

It was a rare occasion when people got a chance to observe a tiger in the wild in natural surroundings from really close quarters. It was a spine chilling experience on a chilly winter night deep in the forests of Jinnaram in Adilabad district for the group of 30 pilgrims who were returning home in a TSRTC bus from the Sammakka-Saralamma tribal fair at Medaram in Warangal district. The bus belonged to the Nirmal depot and was on its way to Jinnaram village via Luxettipet when the big cat was spotted at Pidepally forest area around midnight.
This has been reported in timesofindia.indiatimes.com dated 22 February 2016.

The pilgrims were fast asleep at the time and woke up after the driver brought the vehicle to a screeching halt and they saw the two glowing eyes of the big cat - it was a nightmare experience for the 30 passengers in the bus. And they wee joined by three more. They were friends and were on a two-wheeler. Once they came to know about the tiger, they abandoned heir vehicle and entered the bus. And, a total of nearly 15 vehicles were stranded in the middle of the forest as the tiger staged a `midnight sit-in' for 45-minutes.
Jinnaram falls under the Kawal tiger reserve and these animals do occasionally stray into the area from neighboring Maharashtra in search of food and water.


Image courtesy wikimediacommons.org

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