 It was then that the passenger threw open his door. And to the astonishment of a Shannon and her group, decided to take his chances in the bush where lions, hyenas, leopards, rhino and buffalo roam in numbers. The elephant appears bemused as it ha never seen seen a human being make a run for it. Those filming in the car were shocked and laughed nervously at the tourist's dilemma leaving his vehicle for the hazards of the bush. The elephant is one of 200 who live on the Big 5 game reserve which also has over 120 lions, leopard, buffalo and rhino along with savage packs of hyena and African hunting dogs. It moved away from the car keeping its eyes clearly on the fleeing tourist who hid in the bush about 50 metres from the car and decides whether or not to chase him. One of the estimated 120 lions at the){kind=link}
Shannon Melville and her friends were parked up in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa as they watched the bull elephant grumpily approach a car in front
A British tourist visiting a game reserve fled from an elephant by opening his car door and running off into lion -infested wilderness.
Shannon Melville and her friends were parked up in the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa as they watched the bull elephant grumpily approach a car in front.
But they were astonished at what happened next.
After he six-tonne fully grown elephant towered over the tourist’s Toyota Camry on the 96,000 hectare safari park 140 miles north of Durban.