25/09/2025
Yes — that story is one of the most famous accounts of a tiger’s extraordinary behavior in the Russian Far East.
It comes from events in the Primorye region of Siberia in 1997, where a man named Vladimir Markov, a poacher, shot and wounded an Amur (Siberian) tiger and then stole part of its kill. The tiger, despite its injury, tracked Markov back to his cabin. Evidence later suggested that it destroyed his belongings, waited near the cabin for as long as 48 hours, and then ambushed and killed him when he returned.
