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Close Encounters of the Elephant Kind - Don Heath
      #172346 - 30/11/10 04:06 AM


An unexpected product test

Don Heath's account of his close encounters with an elephant bull earlier this year, on the Norma web site.

A member privately told me about this when it happened. Thank goodness Don came out of it, without not too much damage.

Click on the link for story and dramatic photos.


But a teaser re-printed here:

I was in Mana Pools national park tracking some lion in the hope of getting some good photographs for Norma to use in promotional material when we bumped into a young (about 25 year old) bull elephant. He was stressed with fluid leaking heavily from one temporal gland and clearly not in a good mood. He came to us rather than visa versa and put in three determined mock charges The first time he stopped at about 8 paces and then pulled himself up to maximum height trying to intimidate me with his size before backing off. He paused at about 12 m and then came again, pushing the charge a little closer this time and kicking a fair sized rock at me when he stopped before again backing off. On the third charge he pullet up at only four paces. I stood my ground and kept shouting at him and finally walked forward and pushed him away. He grudgingly gave ground and moved off to the east at a brisk walk and we continued forward ....



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Re: Close Encounters of the Elephant Kind - Don Heath [Re: NitroX]
      #172358 - 30/11/10 08:03 AM

Great photos!

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Re: Close Encounters of the Elephant Kind - Don Heath [Re: Ben]
      #172365 - 30/11/10 09:53 AM

amazing and brave

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Re: Close Encounters of the Elephant Kind - Don Heath [Re: gryphon]
      #172368 - 30/11/10 11:19 AM

I think that it was fortunate that it was Don Heath or it could have worked out differently. In six weeks the plaster will come off but the story will be relived for the next 30 plus years.

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Re: Close Encounters of the Elephant Kind - Don Heath [Re: CHAPUISARMES]
      #172390 - 30/11/10 07:27 PM

Thats a hell of a report, and those photo's would look good on the gun room wall.

Von Gruff.

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