Stalking

[cav58d]

Does anyone know of any accounts of tiger's or any other large cats, stalking and even killing US Servicemen during the Vietnam war?

[Billy Joe Bob]

no but i have never thought of that happening.....

[JB88]

[Stoney74]

"I'm gonna get some mangos..."

--Chef--

Appocalypse Now

[Obie303]

Being attacked, no.  But my uncle did tell me a story of his platoon finding a charred tiger after a napalm run in the I Corp.  (He was in the 5th Marines in 68')

[Debonair]

Originally posted by cav58d
Does anyone know of any accounts of tiger's or any other large cats, stalking and even killing US Servicemen during the Vietnam war?

i was never in siagon, but i hear there were some big ******* after gi joe there

[MoeRon]

i think tigers were the last thing on there minds with asian cobras, king cobras, coral snakes, kraits, and numerous vipers and pit vipers stalking you.

[B@tfinkV]

i woulda thought the small and nimble creatures with automatic rifles would have been a concern at some point also.

[JB88]

Originally posted by B@tfinkV
i woulda thought the small and nimble creatures with automatic rifles would have been a concern at some point also.

lol

[Bluedog]

A mate leant me a book years ago called 'RECCONDO. LRRPs of the 101st Airborne.' by Larry Chambers.  ISBN 0-8041-0843-9

There is a bit in that where they run into what they presumed was a tiger one night in the bush. (they didn't see it, just heard it and the screams of their scout as he was killed by it)
On the same patrol, their radioman was struck by lightning.

One hell of a walk in the bush, one that I bet none of the participants will ever forget.

I was reading another book at the same time, about roughly the same thing (long range recon patrols in Vietnam) and it may have been in that, not reccondo, unfortunately I cannot remember the title or author of the second book.

[Blank]

found this, a few accounts and photos near the bottom of the page:

http://www.ichiban1.org/html/stories/story_46_tiger.htm

[Thrawn]

Originally posted by Debonair
i was never in siagon, but i hear there were some big ******* after gi joe there

Originally posted by MoeRon
i think tigers were the last thing on there minds with asian cobras, king cobras, coral snakes, kraits, and numerous vipers and pit vipers stalking you.

What's the problem, G.I. Joe always kicked Cobra's ass.

[MoeRon]

A bowl of tiger noodle soup can fetch $350 in Taiwan and South Korea

from Blanks post, thats crazy. I've never paid more than $250

[indy007]

I've read 2 accounts about tigers in Vietnam from the same book.

Maverick: The Personal War of a Vietnam Cobra Pilot

In one instance, the "blues" (air cav infantry) had set a typical horseshoe ambush for the night. A pair of Tigers showed up sniffing around their positions. They were too terrified to even shoot them.

Another instance popped up with a Tiger snatching kids from the local village. They took the village chief up in a Huey to go look for it, and eventually flushed it out. The chief freaked out, jumping up & down in the cargo bay (he was really short). They ended up popping it with a grenade launcher, and the crew were later given the claws on a necklace by the villagers.

[FUNKED1]

Never get out of the boat. Absolutely whoopee right. Unless you were goin' all the way.