Sasha Siemel

Who was Sasha Siemel?

Alexander “Sasha” Siemel [Aleksandrs Ziemelis] was an adventurer, hunter, guide, actor, writer, photographer, and lecturer. He spoke seven languages and boasted of having experienced more adventure in a single year than most men had witnessed in a lifetime. He is known among sportsmen, claiming to have successfully hunted more than 300 jaguars — or “tigres,” as the big cats are colloquially known in parts of Latin America—in the Mato Grosso jungles of Brazil. Siemel's accomplishments in pursuing the large and often dangerous jaguar are all the more impressive due to the fact that on many of his hunts he was allegedly armed only with a spear.