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August 5, 1925
Ellsworth American
Ellsworth, Hancock County, Maine
What is this article about?
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell recounts killing a charging tiger with a precise shot to the eye from 60 yards, resulting in instant death without any visible mark on its beautiful coat, an unprecedented feat.
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Keen Shot Kills Tiger
With his long tail erect over his back and his head held high, came the monarch of the forest straight for us. His strength, grace and speed are impossible to describe. As he rounded a turn about 60 yards away I let him have it with my right barrel. The bullet went true to its mark. When it hit him, full in the right eye, he was in the act of making a spring. The leap, for a good 20 feet beyond, came, but when he touched the earth he was stone dead. The bullet had entered his brain, and not a mark was visible on his beautiful coat, nor was there the least twitching of his muscles after the fatal shot.
No one there had ever seen or heard of a tiger being shot without having a mark of any kind made on his skin.- Brig. Gen. William Mitchell in National Geographic Magazine.
With his long tail erect over his back and his head held high, came the monarch of the forest straight for us. His strength, grace and speed are impossible to describe. As he rounded a turn about 60 yards away I let him have it with my right barrel. The bullet went true to its mark. When it hit him, full in the right eye, he was in the act of making a spring. The leap, for a good 20 feet beyond, came, but when he touched the earth he was stone dead. The bullet had entered his brain, and not a mark was visible on his beautiful coat, nor was there the least twitching of his muscles after the fatal shot.
No one there had ever seen or heard of a tiger being shot without having a mark of any kind made on his skin.- Brig. Gen. William Mitchell in National Geographic Magazine.
What sub-type of article is it?
Adventure
Heroic Act
Extraordinary Event
What themes does it cover?
Bravery Heroism
Triumph
Nature
What keywords are associated?
Tiger Hunt
Perfect Shot
No Mark On Coat
Brig Gen Mitchell
What entities or persons were involved?
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell
Where did it happen?
Forest
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Key Persons
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell
Location
Forest
Story Details
Brig. Gen. William Mitchell shoots a charging tiger with a perfect shot to the eye, killing it instantly without marking its coat.