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But “it’s very rare” to see an encounter. JOHANNESBURG - A man was killed by a lions at the Dinokeng Game Reserve, north of Pretoria. He did well.”. PROVO — When Kyle Burgess was on a run about 2 miles up Slate Canyon on Saturday evening and saw four small animals scampering around on the trail ahead, he didn’t realize what they were at first. It nailed her, and that’s when she took off running back down the trail. A South African man was mauled to death by two white lions while his wife watched "helplessly.". He let out a stream of profanities while he backed away. The Cougars still had several national prognosticators predicting favorable postseason matchups for BYU. After the attack, Hodge was rushed to Mediclinic Hospital with neck and jaw injuries, reports The Sun. It seems to never end. “Oh man, you have to just stare at this thing,” he said, describing how he “didn’t even blink” while he watched. 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And that’s what he did.”, Root said “the second you drop to be lower, that could trigger a response of attack. He said wildlife officials don’t want people to “be afraid” of the outdoors, but to be prepared if they do have the once-in-a-lifetime encounter like Burgess did. No. His phone continued to explode with notifications. We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from. Tiger attack: Man mauled to death after climbing fence to avoid paying for zoo ticket in China. “He backed away. The mysterious silver monolith rising from red rock country in a remote area of Utah was taken down Friday night by a group of four men who broke it into chunks before hauling it away, according to a professional photographer from Colorado who posted on Facebook that he witnessed the monolith’s removal. And their mother was going to protect them at all costs. 13 BYU deserved a course correction from the playoff committee, but didn’t get it. “Go away! The instant the full-grown mountain lion mother charged him, Burgess’s adrenaline fired up. (CNN) A man has been mauled to death by his own captive lions in a game reserve in South Africa. The cougar dove into the trees along the side of the trail, as if to flank him. HelloFresh Offer Revealed: Save $90 In Total Over Your Next 4 Deliveries Now. Even though I don’t think she was out to get him, she wanted to make sure he was not in that area.”, Root said it’s “not unusual” to have mountain lions in the Provo foothills. The conservationist ran a popular safari Lion Tree Top Lodge, around 280 miles north west of Johannesburg. The lion caught the man and dragged him away into dense shrubs a few meters away. With each pounce, her front paws and claws flared. “It’s scary, but it’s also a great help for us to remember we’re not alone out there,” he said. The lionesses were tranquilised following the attack and have been taken to an endangered species centre. Utahns can learn more about what to do if they encounter a cougar at wildawareutah.org. I think he did everything really well.”. Kauffman maneuvered around the cat he described as being about 4 feet long and 3 feet tall, weighing 50 pounds. In the video footage below, the elderly man is seen entering the lion enclosure and approaching the lion to inspect a lion scat, before turning his back on the lion and running back to the gate. During some of her pounces, Burgess said he was so sure she was going to attack, he squinted his eyes, bracing for pain. It went viral. What’s the outcome going to be?’”. So he waited about 30 minutes before trying again, this time holding a stick and rock in his hand. “You want to remain large and you want to remain making a lot of noise. He recounted how strikingly “beautiful” but also how powerful and “scary” the lioness was while he kept his eyes locked on hers. Seconds later, when their mother came into view, it dawned on him that he was in big trouble. But they never found them. He knew not to turn his back to her. A man was running by himself Monday in the Horsetooth Mountain Open Space near Fort Collins, Colorado, when he heard something behind him. “Because mountain lions will take a deer and kind of throw some vegetation and dirt and rocks on top of it, and they don’t go that far away a lot of times, so that’s when you want to stay away.”. Copyright © 2020 Deseret News Publishing Company. But Burgess, who recounted the terrifying encounter to reporters at the mouth of Slate Canyon on Monday, got away without a scratch. She reappeared on the trail. “Wow, that just happened,” Burgess recalled thinking after she finally took off. She lunges at him several times more. Come on.”, He pleads with her to turn back and “go get your babies.”. Thinking they were bobcats (it wouldn’t be the first time he’d seen those), Burgess pulled out his phone and started recording. A man running along a trail in Colorado who was attacked by a young mountain lion this week managed to choke it to death and escape, state wildlife officials said. The instant the full-grown mountain lion mother charged him, Burgess’s adrenaline fired up. Posted Mon Monday 30 Jan January 2017 at 11:10am Mon Monday 30 Jan January 2017 at 11:10am. I could feel myself putting myself in his position and (thinking), ‘What do I do? The 26-year-old from Orem did everything he could think of to ward the mother cougar off. He said his heart and mind raced while he did his best to avoid an attack. 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