The valley entrance was dominated by the rock carving of a huge tiger, poised as if guarding the pass. To the Japanese soldiers it was a chilling reminder of the talk of the natives...that a giant man-eating tiger stalked these parts. But to their ruthless officer this was nonsense. He was enjoying his favourite sport of hunting down escaping POWs, and he wasn't going to let any superstitious rubbish get in his way!
