A leopard that attacked a devotee at Someswara Swamy Temple in Kuppam town on August 30 continues to be elusive even after a week, leaving the frantic search taken up by officials futile. The man received a scratch on his leg in the attack.
The uncertainty has made the people residing in areas on the outskirts of Kuppam avoid moving alone at night, while the two-wheeler riders feel on the edge after dusk.
Some locals are coming up with versions of sighting the big cat again in the surrounding bushes and hearing its growls. The 70-year-old priest, who claimed to have seen the animal, keeps repeating to the visiting devotees his “rare experience” of watching the leopard in action.
