Story has it, this so called "man eating" lion always seemed to be an outcast.
He never amounted to much, he believed that he shouldn't have to work for his food. As a young Lion he always ate from the other lions kills, one day he was approached by the elder and asked why he doesn't hunt for himself. His answer was "I don't need to hunt because you do it for me" & this infuriated the elder.
So the elder decided to not allow this young Lion to eat from their kills.
Now due to the lack of hunting skills, because of his laziness and sense of entitlement he never had a successful kill. So he decided to become a "man eating Lion" (because its easier) but man seemed to move much faster than he expected, especially when there legs became round and they roared louder than any other pride of lions.
Every time he got close, to them they would scream like a flock hardidars at first but the next minute a loud roar would come from under them and dust would shoot up into his face. (often the leader of this clan would shout "waar is die leeu?" and someone would shout back "Hardydaar". This upset the lion because he wasn't a hardidar)
Last we heard he has become a vegan & has blamed everyone else for his problems.