Captured this Beauty from less than 10 feet distance ( My Pench National Park Visit-22 may 2009)

Mind blowing moment as I captured this video..
A tigress and her 3 cubs were spotted by us in Pench National Park during my recent visit( May 22, 2009).
We were in a Gypsy and had heard that there was kill in the morning and that there were chances of us spotting the tigress.
we roamed around the forest looking out for it....and finally we got to hear the calls" - special alarm sounds made by sambhars, cheetal or monkeys...
we waited patiently to witness which is a rare sight..
And the moment came...at a slight elevated rock, sat a Tigress...with a majestic look..
we were ecstatic at the view of it...
we got ready to capture it..in our memory..in our veins and in our cameras...
while we were watching her with all our focus...we saw her cubs roll over her and the scene became even more pleasurable!
Then things turned around..the tigress stood up! and started climbing down the rock...right towards us!
This was getting more exciting...and at the same time more chilling..
At about 20 feet from us.....we were open mouth stuck by the fact that a tigress stood in front of us..in the wild!
we were at the edge of the road..and the tigress across it...now the distance was only about 10 feet..as she cross us and the road...
For a moment it was like a dream! unbelievable and hard to gulp the fact!
She crossed the road and then went to the spot where the kill ( the wild boar) was...she then grabbed the kill and dragged it to a place behind the rocks..supposedly for hiding it from other animals..
after finishing this task..she then moved back towards the road..crossed it from a different point and climbed down the rocks to re unite with her cubs...

The entire description is captured in the video...enjoy the clip!
Cheers!
Niraj

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[tiwaringp]

It's a tagged one. You can clearly see the radio collar around her neck. Great clip.

[nairshiva21]

check this