African Lion Legends: The Tsavo Man Eaters

Scientists, historians, and curious researchers have all argued many viable theories about the man eater lions of Camp Tsavo. Some say that they were nature's anomalies, others that they were merely desperately hungry felines--but neither theory quite adds up--leaving the final theory; the legend's favorite...that the lions were ghosts, demons even.
They are all plausible theories, which I intend to explore in the following sections of this

webpage. But no matter the outcome, no one can deny the fact that these lions, the Ghost and the Darkness, killed men. Lots of them. And they were horrifyingly good at it.

These are the Tsavo man-Eaters, and it is said that even now, if you dare to lock eyes with them...keep reading here