>If you encountered a cheetah in pre-industrial times (and survived the meeting) I'm not aware of any confirmed report of a cheetah killing a human. They're ca

>If you encountered a cheetah in pre-industrial times (and survived the meeting) I'm not aware of any confirmed report of a cheetah killing a human. They're cautious animals who are highly unlike to approach a human, more so than the other big cats. Most cheetah attacks involved captive cheetahs (and the humans survived).