An exciting experience in the wild
I have been fortunate enough to spend some exciting times in the wild. But only few incidents will come close to an encounter I had with my teammates in Sahyadri. It was in April 2017. It was almost dusk and after a long day of walking and travelling by boat in the scorching heat, we lay on the boat just lazying out. The boat was anchored to a secluded island and our boatman went to a nearby village to spend the night. We decided to spend a night on the boat. After having dinner as rice and daal, we dozed off on the boat. I, suddenly, woke up to some loud water splash sounds. I could see some fuzzy reflections in the water, and something was approaching our stranded boat. It took me no time to realise that it was a group of animals, and that too sloth bears. Stories of being attacked by sloth bears were pretty common in the region and I had heard so many of them. Most forest rangers and watchmen have had similar experiences. Honestly I was scared and woke u...