Like many villagers in the area, he has had a close encounter with a tiger—spearing it through the thatched roof of his home as the cat was attacking his cousin.

和这个地区很多的村民一样，博拉也曾与老虎狭路相逢过——当时一只老虎在攻击他的表兄，他则在自家的茅草屋顶上用矛去刺老虎。