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March 23, 2025

THE MAN-EATING LIONS OF TSAVO (PT 2) THE TRAP IS SPRUNG

Part Two tells the story of the hunt for both lions, and how Lt.Col Patterson corners them both, as well as the time things got so bad with the coolies being killed that most of them left the bridge project.

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March 16, 2025

THE MAN-EATING LIONS OF TSAVO (PT 1): THE GHOST AND THE DARKNESS

The incredible true story (the 1996 movie is largely fiction) of a British railroad project in Kenya in 1898 that was being harassed by man-eating lions which would attack coolies in the night,dragging them out of their tents screaming for help....

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