Let’s go on a canoe ride they said. It’ll be fun the said

[Altitude sickness]

Let’s go on an elephant sightseeing canoe ride they said.

It’ll be fun They said.

You won’t get wet they said.

You won’t get dead they said.

At least no one died

 

[BryceM]

I don't get being in close proximity to elephants (or rhinos, or hippos) without a stopping rifle available. It's not if, it's when......

 

[375 Ruger Fan]

At least there wasn’t banjo music

 

[Russ16]

Benn

At least there wasn’t banjo music

Benny Hill theme was playing in my head.

 

[spike.t]

There are a couple more videos thst I got apart from that one.....woman in red tshirt got pushed under the water by the ele...luckily for her it must have lost her in the water...and also short tusks saved her....was a calf with them so dumb of the guides to be getting anywhere near.....but photo ones try to get close so get bigger tips from the clients.....so shit happens

 

[whisk(e)y hunter]

Not too smart!

 

[Green Chile]

Incredibly lucky and stunningly foolish to float into cow & calf like that. I was waiting for the cow to reach out with her trunk...they used up ALL of their luck on that one.

 

[Flbt]

I don't get being in close proximity to elephants (or rhinos, or hippos) without a stopping rifle available. It's not if, it's when......

I would not be in a river in fl with out a gun.
Much less there
And here my biggest worry is a cotton mouth making me put more holes in boats.

 

[Tra3]

Wow! The power of that elephant is absolutely impressive.
Pretty lucky no one got killed there.
That is like people who get too close to bison in Yellowstone park.

 

[BeeMaa]

That is like people who get too close to bison in Yellowstone park.

That's where I was going.

 

[Russ16]

I saw some of those other videos. A miracle no one was killed.

 

[Skshyk]

 

[steve white]

Darwin club is world wide

 

[Boone66]

That's where I was going.

Seems like Turons do Turon things, no matter where they are

 

[leslie hetrick]

Darwin club is world wide

and the membership is growing.

 

[russ473]

Yes i saw all the videos very stupid guides and they were the 1st to flee...

 

[AZDAVE]

So people got very lucky, being aggressively stupid almost cost them everything.

@375 Ruger Fan You are correct there wasn't banjo music but could they very easily could have required a bugler playing TAPS.

 

[Ontario Hunter]

View attachment 716797

The line should be drawn in the opposite direction ... into negative numbers!

 

[Red Leg]

Here is the complete video with all three parts spliced. This attack took place just a couple of days ago on September 27 and amazingly no one was seriously injured. The elderly overweight woman in the brown T-shirt is extremely lucky to be alive. When the Okavango was turned into an adventure tourist destination, I wonder how specific the liability releases read.

"Are you ok? ................" I did not see any of the guides attempt to do anything but run once the makoros were flipped.

Terrifying moment couples cheat death when elephant flips their canoes

The two couples - both husband and wife and said to be British - were being poled 'gondala style' through the shallow waters of the Okavango Delta, Botswana.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[Flipper Dude]

Ya gotta pay extra for that