Not sure if you have watched the movie - Ghost and the Darkness ( Van Kilmer/Michael Douglas) - its about two man eating lions in tsavo africa - an amazing true account which has been vividly portrayed on film - a must watch. the two lions were shot by colonel patterson ( the hero of the story) and used as rugs by him for almost a decade before he gifted them to the britsh museum - where they were subsequently stuffed and are still on display
( its scary to imagine - for the hair/nails are regenerative - and since the lions ate so many humans almost excl for a year - its said that what is left of them is purely human protein....)
- This 1907 book relates the tale of the author's battle against man- eating lions during the building of the Uganda Railway in 1898. This is the single most famous man-eating lion story in modern history - two large male lions killed and ate nearly 140 railway workers
the full text of the book incl original black n white photos can be downloaded for free from this link
the movie did twist the original plot a bit ( michael douglas was a fictional character ) and the two lions were originally maneless ( there is research going on - to this as well ) but the movie incl two manned lions to act their part.
Those interested in maneaters and folklore - we have our own heros - jim corbett ( up north) and kenneth anderson ( karnataka/tamil nadu borders) - you can pick their omni buses in landmark.
Jim corbett ( later turned conservationist a la valmiki) - his most popular kill / success, was the Champawat Tiger in Champawat, alone was responsible for 436 documented deaths. He also shot the Panar Leopard, which allegedly killed 400 after being injured by a poacher and thus being rendered unable to hunt its normal prey