A man's encounter with a hippo on a bridge in Kruger National Park

It was a man's encounter with a hippo on a bridge in Kruger National Park that the man will remember fora long time. A defenceless Ford truck was left with a massive dent in its front after the hippo charged ai it on top of a bridge in the A man's encounter with a hippo on a bridge in Kruger National Park.
The 26-year old man inside the Ford truck was badly rather shaken up. He was an welding Inspector who was on his way from Mozambique to South Africa and traveling through the park.
This has been reported in dailymail.co.uk dated 26 November 2016.

While crossing the border from Kruger National Park, he noticed the animal standing on a bridge. There were people walking around in the nearby vicinity so he assumed that the hippo was used to humans. Fascinated by the sight, he took out his phone to start filming when suddenly the animal turned and just started charging. It hit the van head on and then tried biting it. Later, it just turned around and left.
The young man was terrified because, beside him was a 50m drop and if the animal had the van sideways, the vehicle would have rolled down the embankment.


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