Cat got your town?

Shocking footage has captured the heart-pounding moment a leopard rampaged through an Indian village, attacking several people before being subdued by good Samaritans. The now-viral video of the cat-astrophic attack currently boasts nearly 200,000 views on Twitter — and hundreds of thousands more in ripped versions posted across social media platforms.

The wild incident took place on Nov. 4 in the town of Krishnarajanagara, in Mysore district in the state of Karnataka, Jam Press reported.

In the hair-raising 11-second clip, apparently first posted to Twitter by @TOIBengaluru, a snarling leopard can be seen leaping up at villagers who are watching it from a rooftop. Then, apparently realizing it can’t reach them, the big cat wheels around and lunges after a motorcyclist on a nearby road. In an instant, the spotted predator closes the distance and brings the terrified motorist and his ride to the ground like a feline linebacker.

The leopard then springs into a bush, whereupon a forest ranger rushes out and hurls a rock at the critter to distract it. This prompts the incensed beast to charge out of hiding and pounce on the stone-thrower briefly, before fleeing the scene.

According to local forest official M Malathi Priya, both the motorcyclist and the ranger were hospitalized with minor injuries following the rampage. He also claimed that wildlife officials were doing everything in their power to track down the rogue feline.

However, just hours after the first video, Twitter users uploaded another post, in which they claimed the same leopard had been “caught by villagers” that morning. Accompanying footage shows a group of whooping bystanders carrying the creature across a field by the scruff of its neck with their bare hands.

The clip concludes with them piling on top of the predator like police restraining an unruly perp.

According to a follow-up Twitter post, the leopard sustained minor injuries during the fray, but was subsequently rescued by forest authorities.

Interestingly, most social media users seemed to side with the rampaging cat. “Its what happens when you piss them off by intruding their house!” declared one animal lover of the attack.

Another wrote, “How we treat animals is the reflection of the true development of the nation!”

However, other Twitter users praised the villagers for acting bravely in the face of danger.

“Crazy! Never seen this on video where men caught a leopard with bare hands!!!! Brave,” gushed one awestruck admirer.

One commenter posted a photo of the rock-throwing ranger with the caption: “The job of Forrest officials, it’s not innocence it’s duty. Brave people. We should equip them enough.”

Unfortunately, leopard attacks have been on the rise in many parts of India, which experts claim is due to deforestation and other factors threatening their natural habitat.

Couple this with the spiking human activity, and you’ve got a perfect recipe for big cat-on-person encounters.

This past June, a rogue leopard killed three kids in less than 48 hours in Kashmir.