The horrifying moment American tourist Katherine Chappell was mauled to death by a lioness through her car window after she stopped to take a pic in an SA safari park was captured on camera
The pic, taken by another tourist riding in a car behind Katherine's, shows the lion peering into the vehicle seconds before it attacked and killed Katherine through the open window.
The tourist,
Ben Govender, 38, described the 'terrifying' scene as he watched the animal take its
first bite out of the passenger on the back seat before retreating from
the vehicle, blood dripping from its mouth and paw.
Mr Govender
said that at first the male and female lions did not seem interested -
and that the lioness stood up 'without warning'.
He said: 'It was terrifying. After the first bite the lioness retreated from the car with blood dripping from her mouth and paw. We
all thought she was done and didn’t like what she’d just bitten. But
then like someone in a temper that wasn’t satisfied in a fight, she
leaped back into the car and mauled the passenger.
'The
rangers came running in and the two lions ran off but the lioness had
half the passenger’s shoulder in her mouth. And it was too late to do
anything to save her.'
Mr Govender,
who lives nearby, was visiting the park with his mother, sister and
friends, when he watched the driver of the vehicle in front stop next to
two lions and roll down his window.
The passenger, Miss Chappell, did the same.
He
said: 'We decided to show our friends a local spot where they could see
real lions in a "wild" setting. The SUV in front of us stopped next to
two lions and the driver rolled down his window.
The
passenger did the same, I presume to get a photo. The male lion didn’t
seem very interested by this and at that point the lioness didn’t seem
bothered either.
'She got up very lazily and stretched out her body. Then suddenly without warning she stood up at the window of the SUV.'
He
added: 'At first it just looked like an amazing shot of a lion stood up
at the window. The lion can only have has its head in that window for
around 15 seconds.
'At that moment the tourist was face to face with one of the most ferocious, incredible and magnificent animals.
'But then the lioness lunged and we saw the driver diving into the passenger seat and punching at the lioness.'
Mr Govender said it appeared to him the driver did not have a chance to drive off or close the window.
'The
lioness was just too powerful. After initially retreating she then came
back. It was extremely fast – all over in a matter of a couple of
minutes. And all we could do was hoot for help,' he said.
By the time the gamesmen had arrived Katherine – known by her friends as “Katie” – was dead.
The lions were swiftly moved to another enclosure while their victim was taken out of the car to resuscitate her.
Source: UK Daily Mail
26 comments:
Chai this kind death no good @ all o rip to her
She no get sense ni, infact whites most times behave like mumu.. How will you be in such a park where they're being allowed to move freely and you'll leave your window wind down.. Abegi it's her cup of tea. Jor oh
This is so terrible.. I can really imagine how it goes.
Please enough of this story, since they refused to have senses in them. You want to snap a lion from a close range, what an ode talk.... Idiots
Chai why did the driver not speed off?
I'm sorry for sounding so mean but Who will park their SUV so close to the most deadliest killing machine with great instinct then roll down their window to take some stupid picture?? What's she trying to prove? A brave girl ???Well sorry Katie, you're so stupid n your stupidity got u killed. R.I.P
Oh no this story seems like that of a horror movie. What a painful death
Rip to her
FCB GAL
See as females for every specie dey behave, the male was calm but the female wanted to show off. Same everywhere
Smh, rip to her
FCB GAL
Oh my! What was she thinking rolling down d windows? May she RIP
Horrific
Why did both the driver and the victim wind down their glasses? Why couldn't they take pictures without winding down there glasses? Why didn't the driver zoom off when the lioness approached? Why didn't they move along with a guard or ranger? Why...? Too many questions begging for answers!!!
Horrible
White could be foolish shaa. Imagine stopping right in front of that huge beast and then winning down your class. Even if I was riding in a bullet proof car which I know are usually made of reinforced materials, I wouldn't go so close not think of winning down my glass
Ok. So that one just stayed and took pictures of the horrific attack instead of ramming the lions with his/her own car? And that one too wound down to snap a lion @ close range. Smh
Never touch the tail of a Lion, not even a dead Lion. Rip Katie. Please repent and believe in God and the saviour Jesus Christ. THE VOICE OF THE PROPHETESS
And to think there was a sign right in front of them that said no one should ever wind down under any circumstance. Linda you left that out of the story. Why don't people read signs and posters?
May her soul rest on....
In their specie, lioness do the hunting...read abt it!
Thw fool who took this pics should have drove up towards the lions to scared them away but as we all know the technology is more valuable than human lives this day so he/she decided to take a pic! Sad, just Sad!
Well madam fcb FYI d females r the hunters while the males protect the house. Go back to your books
If you were a little smart or you watched nat geo wild/animal planet a little you'd know that lionesses are deadlier coz they are the hunters in the pride.
Who needs a sign in such a place? The woman is just too stupid.Only pray she makes heaven.
you used a small SUV like this to go for a safari trip....what is wrong with these millennial americans sef?
The Driver who was behind the victim should tried to scare the lion and lioness with his own car.
I'd so sad
eya
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