Cape Town - An estate agent from Knysna has described how her husband was killed by an elephant cow, which she had been photographing only minutes earlier, at a watering hole on a game farm in Botswana.
Ling Dobson told the Cape Times newspaper on Thursday that her husband Mike, 67, had been killed at the weekend, in a "once-in-a-lifetime freak accident" which happened "in the blink of an eye" on a private game farm belonging to close friends on the Shashe River in the Thuli block region.
She said they had been walking with their hosts away from a watering hole, where she had taken "the most awesome photographs of the elephant cow", when they heard the animal trumpeting.
"Mike was walking in front of me. The elephant took fright. No one knows what spooked her. I took a detour and Mike took a detour.
"Moments later I asked where Mike was, but by then Mike was no more."
Dobson said she and her friends found him nearby.
Botswana police confirmed that he had been gored by an elephant tusk "with great force".
Dobson said they loaded the severely injured man into a private vehicle and rushed him to the South African border, about 60km away. There they phoned ahead, to be met by an ambulance in Limpopo.
Paramedics confirmed that her husband had not survived.
- SAPA
2011-11-24 10:07
Elephant kills SA man in Botswana
- Mud Dog
- Moderator
- Posts: 29858
- Joined: Tue Apr 29, 2008 2:18 am
- Town: East London
- Vehicle: '90 SFA Hilux DC 4X4, Full OME, 110mm lift. Brospeed branch, 50mm ss freeflow exhaust. 30 x 9.5 Discoverer S/T's on Viper mags. L/R tank. (AWOL) '98 LTD 2.4 SFA, dual battery system. Dobinson suspension, LR tanks, 31" BF mud's.
- Real Name: Andy
- Club VHF Licence: HC103
Re: Elephant kills SA man in Botswana
Sad! People forget that these are wild animals, even when they appear to be calm one has to be wary.
When your road comes to an end ...... you need a HILUX!.
Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers ... what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Don't take life too seriously ..... no-one gets out alive.
It's not about waiting for storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
And be yourself ..... everyone else is taken!
Life is like a jar of Jalapeño peppers ... what you do today, might burn your ass tomorrow.
Don't take life too seriously ..... no-one gets out alive.
It's not about waiting for storms to pass. It's about learning to dance in the rain.
And be yourself ..... everyone else is taken!
- GI Jane
- Monster Truck
- Posts: 4019
- Joined: Mon May 16, 2011 4:07 pm
- Town: Strand WC
- Vehicle: Toyota Hilux 4x4, 2.41t Raider 1998 DC - front & rear difflock, 140lt fuel tank, 31" BFG a/t, snorkel, drawer system, alucab canopy, driver with attitude.
- Real Name: Val
- Club VHF Licence: X112
Re: Elephant kills SA man in Botswana
Have just seen the article......makes one wonder what spooked the animal....we just know so little about them
- zepplin
- Monster Truck
- Posts: 2099
- Joined: Fri Jul 27, 2007 1:05 pm
- Town: Cape Town
- Vehicle: Crooza VX 80 EFI
- Real Name: Steve
- Club VHF Licence: HC 127
Re: Elephant kills SA man in Botswana
Most females hate having you turn your back to them. :wink2:
Crooza VX 80 efi - fully locked.
- Niel
- Moderator
- Posts: 7372
- Joined: Sun Jul 15, 2007 10:07 pm
- Town: Cape Town
- Vehicle: 2014, DC, D4D 3.0, 4x4
- Real Name: Niel
- Location: Bellville
- Contact:
Re: Elephant kills SA man in Botswana
hkgkzepplin wrote:Most females hate having you turn your back to them.
- FIRSTGEER
- LR4WD, Lockers, Crawler Gears
- Posts: 1536
- Joined: Thu Sep 30, 2010 6:00 am
- Town: King WilliamsTown
- Vehicle: 2,5 D4D Singlr Cab 4X4 Full OME suspension. snorkel.GMA aftermarket bullbar.
- Real Name: Tony Geer
- Club VHF Licence: HC 109
Re: Elephant kills SA man in Botswana
Bad one to happen to someone who is possibly close to nature.Wild stays Wild.