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Two men have escaped a rogue leopard attack after the animal burst right into a tiny liquor store on Sunday morning.
The large cat wandered into Todaraisingh town in Rajasthan, India, on July 19, and started attacking locals.
One, an area forest ranger volunteer, was investigating reports the leopard had been spotted in bushes at 8:45am when the animal attacked him.
The leopard then travelled into the town before making its way inside a liquor store and lunging on the two men inside.
Terrifying footage captured the attack, by which 25-year-old salesman Sanjay Gurjar manages to flee the large cat’s claws.
He may be seen wrestling away from the leopard, before making a dive over a table the second he’s released from its clutches.
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The leopard continued to wander across the store before taking refuge under a table, almost knocking over a towering shelf of bottles because it did so.
Gurjar was reportedly in a position to lock the lost cat contained in the shop, stopping it from hurting anyone else.
A rescue team reached Todaraisingh at around 2pm and launched an operation to securely capture the leopard.
All three attack victims were taken to hospital, with the ranger volunteer treated and discharged while the 2 shop employees were transferred to a different facility for further treatment.
The attack comes days after an elderly man was killed in his sleep by a leopard, 400 miles away in Uttar Pradesh, India.
Ram Yadav, 88, had been asleep on his veranda when the wild cat launched at him before dragging him towards the woods.
The person’s family rushed out armed with weapons, scaring off the leopard and calling emergency services for Yadav.
He had suffered severe injuries, including to his neck, and was pronounced dead on his arrival in hospital.
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