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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMan Swallowed by Hippo, Lives to Write About It
By Melissa LockerMay 07, 2013
In a story that sounds like it came straight from the Bible or Pinocchio Paul Templer claims he was swallowed by a hippo while leading a kayak tour down the Zambezi River. The hippo attack happened 17 years ago, but this week Templer recounted the horrifying tale to the Guardian.
Templer was a 27-year-old river guide who had led tours down the Zambezi in Zimbabwe many times and had weathered several of what he considered half-hearted attacks by a certain territorial male hippo. Those half-hearted attacks gave Templer no clue as to the potential viciousness of the bull, who attacked one day, apparently out of the blue. The vicious assault killed an apprentice guide before turning on Templer who had approached to try and help his co-worker.
There was no transition at all, no sense of approaching danger. It was as if I had suddenly gone blind and deaf, Templer recalled in the Guardian. Templer did not immediately understand what happened to him, though. He said:
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In a story that sounds like it came straight from the Bible or Pinocchio Paul Templer claims he was swallowed by a hippo while leading a kayak tour down the Zambezi River. The hippo attack happened 17 years ago, but this week Templer recounted the horrifying tale to the Guardian.
Templer was a 27-year-old river guide who had led tours down the Zambezi in Zimbabwe many times and had weathered several of what he considered half-hearted attacks by a certain territorial male hippo. Those half-hearted attacks gave Templer no clue as to the potential viciousness of the bull, who attacked one day, apparently out of the blue. The vicious assault killed an apprentice guide before turning on Templer who had approached to try and help his co-worker.
There was no transition at all, no sense of approaching danger. It was as if I had suddenly gone blind and deaf, Templer recalled in the Guardian. Templer did not immediately understand what happened to him, though. He said:
I was aware that my legs were surrounded by water, but my top half was almost dry. I seemed to be trapped in something slimy. There was a terrible, sulphurous smell, like rotten eggs, and a tremendous pressure against my chest. My arms were trapped but I managed to free one hand and felt around my palm passed through the wiry bristles of the hippos snout. It was only then that I realised I was underwater, trapped up to my waist in his mouth
Read more: http://newsfeed.time.com/2013/05/07/man-swallowed-by-hippo-lives-to-write-about-it/#ixzz2SpgRXlGW
A bit late for LBN...17 years too late, in fact. Wonder how long it'll be until we see this guy on Duck Dynasty?
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Man Swallowed by Hippo, Lives to Write About It (Original Post)
Cirque du So-What
May 2013
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mimi85
(1,805 posts)1. A bit too late...
or we'd have a cell phone video on YT by now. That IS an amazing story though.
marions ghost
(19,841 posts)2. OK I looked
closeupready
(29,503 posts)3. Apparently, hippos kill more people than any other animal
whether land-based or marine-based. Which might seem kind of strange, because hippos on cartoons and stuff dance and sing and make jokes, almost like cartoon versions of Barney. But they are aggressive and dangerous.
Cirque du So-What
(25,808 posts)5. I did not know that
I knew they were dangerous, but I had no idea that they killed more people than any other animal.
Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)4. There's totally a Peter, Paul and Mary song in there, somewhere.
Yeah, I'm old.
MFM008
(19,774 posts)6. wow
darn hippos. I thought they were relative benign creatures.
The Straight Story
(48,121 posts)7. Was his name Jonah?
kona808
(41 posts)8. It was captured on film too
pinboy3niner
(53,339 posts)9. Are you trying to tell me hippos don't eat...
...marbles?