Animesh Bose, programme coordinator of Himalayan Nature and Adventure Foundation, who has spent a major part of his life traversing the jungles of northern West Bengal, narrates this thrilling encounter he had with a tiger in the Buxa Tiger Reserve (BTR), way back in 1984, a year after Buxa got the official status of a tiger reserve. Chief Wildlife Warden of West Bengal, Debal Roy says that the plan to translocate tigers to BTR is still on and as part of that plan, the forest department is currently thinking of relocating a section of forest villages. Recent media reports state that following the December 2021 camera trap sighting of a tiger in BTR, the forest department is planning to relocate 15 forest villages.