A fierce fight between a man and a leopard to save his family

A man killed a leopard with just his hands to save his family from the animal’s fierce attack. Rajagopal naik, a resident of the village of Bendekere, located about 180 kilometers from the city of Bangalore south of India, he was riding a motorbike home with his wife and son when the feline came out of nowhere and jumped on it behind bushes.

The leopard bit woman’s leg and tried to attack her up to Naik grabbed the animal by the neck and started hitting it on the head. During the fight, the leopard tried to break free and bit the man several times but could not let go. After a few endless minutes, the leopard died of suffocation.

During the event on February 23, Naik suffered multiple injuries to his face and arms. Within seconds, a large number of people gathered around him as the man caught his breath next to the animal’s corpse.

The video showing the dead leopard next to Naik has gone viral on social media. Users defended the man for standing up for his family despite the risk.

According to local media, Naik, his wife and son fell off the motorcycle by attacking the animal. “I was returning to my city after a wedding with my wife and my son. At 3:30 p.m. the leopard chased us away and he attacked us from behind. He bit my wife’s leg and the three of us fell. There I pushed him away from her but he came over me and tried to bite my arms and neck. I was able to hold it in my hands, lay it face down and crush it with my knee. My wife and son ran into town and They asked for help. I have injuries to my head, arms and neck, ”Naik told Newsflare.

The forest officers They reported that the leopard had attacked at least two other times already. First to a woman and her son, who were on their way to their farm in a nearby town. But the young man faced the animal and managed to chase him away. Later the feline attacked a vet that he had left with a team of loggers to catch him and they escaped. Finally, he attacked Naik and his family the same afternoon.

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