Shocked sightseers get chased by a giant angry hippo in Lake Victoria, Kenya
Shocked sightseers get chased by a giant angry hippo in Lake Victoria, Kenya
This terrifying footage shows the moment a group of sightseers took a boat out to look for hippos - only to end up being CHASED by one of the huge animals.Dicken Muchena, 27, and three of his friends hopped in a speedboat on Friday to go and see if they could spot any of the water-dwelling safari animals.But the group soon got more than they bargained for - when one of the hippos took a dislike to them being on the water, and gave chase after the speedboat.Hair-raising footage shows the massive animal gliding through the water in the wake of the speedboat - mostly underwater, but occassionally rearing its head to breathe as it continues to follow the boat.The shocking incident took place on Friday morning on Lake Victoria in Kenya, Africa.Dicken said: "We knew that the area was a harbour for hippos, and we wanted to set out to try and get some photos of them."Knowing full well that they are killer animals, we gave them a wide path and avoided getting too close."There were at least six hippos in that area, and many others on various other parts of the lake."However, as we were leaving, a huge, agitated hippo appeared from nowhere and charged at us, seemingly with savage motives."We never expected such a reaction, because it is quite a rare thing. "It was lucky we were in a speedboat.
After being charged at for at least four minutes, we could no longer see the animal trails, and we rushed to safety on shore."It was a narrow escape," Dicken added.Hippos can measure up to five metres in length and can weigh a whopping 1,500kg (235 stone).They are considered to be the world's deadliest land mammal, killing up to 500 people a year in Africa.
This terrifying footage shows the moment a group of sightseers took a boat out to look for hippos - only to end up being CHASED by one of the huge animals.Dicken Muchena, 27, and three of his friends hopped in a speedboat on Friday to go and see if they could spot any of the water-dwelling safari animals.But the group soon got more than they bargained for - when one of the hippos took a dislike to them being on the water, and gave chase after the speedboat.Hair-raising footage shows the massive animal gliding through the water in the wake of the speedboat - mostly underwater, but occassionally rearing its head to breathe as it continues to follow the boat.The shocking incident took place on Friday morning on Lake Victoria in Kenya, Africa.Dicken said: "We knew that the area was a harbour for hippos, and we wanted to set out to try and get some photos of them."Knowing full well that they are killer animals, we gave them a wide path and avoided getting too close."There were at least six hippos in that area, and many others on various other parts of the lake."However, as we were leaving, a huge, agitated hippo appeared from nowhere and charged at us, seemingly with savage motives."We never expected such a reaction, because it is quite a rare thing.
"It was lucky we were in a speedboat.
After being charged at for at least four minutes, we could no longer see the animal trails, and we rushed to safety on shore."It was a narrow escape," Dicken added.Hippos can measure up to five metres in length and can weigh a whopping 1,500kg (235 stone).They are considered to be the world's deadliest land mammal, killing up to 500 people a year in Africa.
