It was just after ten in the morning. A quiet field, a familiar path, and a routine that had never felt dangerous, until it was. From the brush, a shadow moved. Silent. Spotted. Watching. What followed was not a hunt… it was a fight for survival. One woman, one sickle, and one of the world’s most elusive predators. For nearly half an hour, courage clashed with claws in a battle no one was meant to survive. This is the story of a leopard that struck in daylight, and the woman who refused to become prey.

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Sources:

1.  https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-28941519

2.  https://gizmodo.com/indian-woman-kills-leopard-in-epic-fight-to-the-death-1627381001#:~:text=A%2056%2Dyear%2Dold%20Indian,10%20people%20in%20six%20weeks.&text=More%20at%20BBC.,Images:%20Reuters.

3.      https://www.scmp.com/news/asia/article/1581278/armed-only-sickle-indian-widow-56-fights-and-kills-leopard?module=perpetual_scroll_0&pgtype=article

4.      https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/asia/indian-woman-56-fights-off-leopard-with-nothing-more-than-a-sickle-9694218.html#:~:text=She%20then%20began%20to%20hit,habitat%20is%20increasingly%20encroached%20upon.

5.      https://www.cnn.com/2014/08/27/world/asia/india-leopard-woman-attack#:~:text=According%20to%20the%20doctor%20who's,natural%20prey%20are%20becoming%20scarce.

6.      https://myroots.euttaranchal.com/village-sem-rudraprayag-42714.html#:~:text=Sem%20Village%2C%20Rudraprayag,the%20Uttarakhand%20average%20of%20890.

7.      https://www.google.com/search?q=leapards+bight+force&rlz=1C1RXQR_enUS1146US1149&oq=leapards+bight+force&gs_lcrp=EgZjaHJvbWUyBggAEEUYOTIJCAEQABgNGIAEMggIAhAAGBYYHjIICAMQABgWGB4yCAgEEAAYFhgeMggIBRAAGBYYHjIICAYQABgWGB4yCAgHEAAYFhgeMggICBAAGBYYHjIICAkQABgWGB7SAQk1MjQxajBqMTWoAgiwAgHxBVGFCuHVgBE-8QVRhQrh1YARPg&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

8.      https://animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/leopard

9.      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uttarakhand#:~:text=Uttarakhand%20(Hindi:%20Uttar%C4%81kha%E1%B9%87%E1%B8%8D%2C%20pronounced,a%20state%20in%20northern%20India.

10. Chat GPT was used to enhance this episode