Footage of an inebriated tourist lunging out of his car and
charging a wild elephant at South Africa's famous Kruger National
Park caused an uproar on Monday.
The footage, posted on wildlife site Latest Sightings
(www.latestsightings.com), showed the unidentified man charging
towards the startled animal.
With friends cheering and encouraging him, the man runs towards the
elephant, falls to the ground but gets up again and bolts in the
direction of the animal.
"Run at him right now, run," a voice of a fellow tourist is heard
over the footage, which appeared to have been filmed by his
colleagues.
The elephant initially swings its trunk towards the man, but soon
makes its escape.
The man returns to his cheering friends.
Latest Sightings said on its Facebook page that it received the
video at the weekend but it was unclear when the incident
occurred.
Wild animals in the two-million-hectare park sometimes attack
visitors and elephants have been known to overturn the cars of
sightseers.
The park's officials were not immediately reachable for comment,
although wildlife advocates called for charges to be levelled
against the tourist.
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