Bhubaneswar, Feb. 22 -- It may create flutter among many as a Royal Bengal Tiger (RBT) and a few villagers were spotted travelling on a stretch inside the core area of Similipal Tiger Reserve (STR) in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district recently.

The incident was ostensibly captured through a camera trap.

Principal Chief Conservator of Forest (wildlife) Susanta Nanda shared the pictures of tiger and human beings using the same forest road inside the STR in his social media handle a few days ago.

In the pictures, it is seen that the tiger and a few villagers, including a minor girl, travelled on the forest road inside Similipal within a gap of a few minutes.

"Tiger and the villagers using the same path inside STR, with few minutes in between....