The Forgotten Predator that Terrorized Early American Explorers
Luke Reagan
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There is a forgotten chapter in the history of North & South America that I have never seen another historian talk about before. I’ve found over a dozen old, buried accounts about Jaguars on the frontier of the Americas that completely challenge what we usually think about these cats. There are two major misconceptions that most Americans have about Jaguars: one, that they are really just jungle cats living somewhere off in the jungles of South America, and two, that Jaguars are generally scared of humans & never hunt us — but both of these ideas are completely wrong.
From the first Spanish explorers crossing through the jungles of South America in the 1500s, all the way to the English explorers being led by Natives into the foothills of Appalachia - there was a massive cat that stalked the expedition parties, mauled their livestock & dogs, and more often than people realize, would drag people from their homes, off into the forest… and eat them.
This is the forgotten & overlooked history of the American Man-Eater: & the explorers, hunters, frontiersmen, & natives - who were attacked, dragged off, & eaten by them.
Over the years spent studying tribes around the world, I’ve become obsessed with tracking the bloody history and unsolved mysteries of humanity's ancient rival: big cats, or as I call them, "MAN-EATERS".
Watch my other big cat videos:
The Extinct Appalachian Jagaurs... that Explorers saw: The Extinct Appalachian Jaguars... that Ex...
Appalachian Cougars shouldn't exist... but do they?: Appalachian Cougars shouldn't exist... but...
Chapters:
The American Man-Eaters - 0:00
Man-Eaters of Brazil, 1578. - 4:30
Man-Eaters of Panama, 1516. - 8:06
Man-Eaters of Colombia, 1526. - 13:33
"Pet" Jaguar Attacks, 1522-1526. - 16:10
Man-Eater of Paraguay, 1542. - 18:23
Jaguars in Arizona, 1827. - 19:20
Jaguars in Texas, 1847. - 22:30
Jaguars in the Carolinas, 1709. - 26:15
Forgotten History of Man-Eaters - 28:53
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The Forgotten Predator that Terrorized Early American Explorers
Luke Reagan
264,321 views
There is a forgotten chapter in the history of North & South America that I have never seen another historian talk about before. I’ve found over a dozen old, buried accounts about Jaguars on the frontier of the Americas that completely challenge what we usually think about these cats. There are two major misconceptions that most Americans have about Jaguars: one, that they are really just jungle cats living somewhere off in the jungles of South America, and two, that Jaguars are generally scared of humans & never hunt us — but both of these ideas are completely wrong.
From the first Spanish explorers crossing through the jungles of South America in the 1500s, all the way to the English explorers being led by Natives into the foothills of Appalachia - there was a massive cat that stalked the expedition parties, mauled their livestock & dogs, and more often than people realize, would drag people from their homes, off into the forest… and eat them.
This is the forgotten & overlooked history of the American Man-Eater: & the explorers, hunters, frontiersmen, & natives - who were attacked, dragged off, & eaten by them.
Over the years spent studying tribes around the world, I’ve become obsessed with tracking the bloody history and unsolved mysteries of humanity's ancient rival: big cats, or as I call them, "MAN-EATERS".
Watch my other big cat videos:
The Extinct Appalachian Jagaurs... that Explorers saw: The Extinct Appalachian Jaguars... that Ex...
Appalachian Cougars shouldn't exist... but do they?: Appalachian Cougars shouldn't exist... but...
Chapters:
The American Man-Eaters - 0:00
Man-Eaters of Brazil, 1578. - 4:30
Man-Eaters of Panama, 1516. - 8:06
Man-Eaters of Colombia, 1526. - 13:33
"Pet" Jaguar Attacks, 1522-1526. - 16:10
Man-Eater of Paraguay, 1542. - 18:23
Jaguars in Arizona, 1827. - 19:20
Jaguars in Texas, 1847. - 22:30
Jaguars in the Carolinas, 1709. - 26:15
Forgotten History of Man-Eaters - 28:53
There is an entire world that’s been forgotten & buried, hidden within 400 year old Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, German, & some English explorer’s logs that have only been scanned once. By far the most fascinating work I’ve ever done & there’s so much more.