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    An Impala eludes two hungry cheetahs by jumping into a car full of tourists.

     

     

     

    A frightened impala separated from its herd and trying desperately to elude two hungry cheetahs took evasive action nobody was expecting at Kruger National Park in South Africa.

     

    To the surprise and shock of tourists parked alongside a road, the panicked impala escaped by jumping into a car through a window of a Toyota Prado, taking advantage of what the U.K. Daily Express aptly called a window of opportunity.

     

    The incredible scene was captured by South African tourist Samantha Pittendrigh on her mobile phone:

     

    “We started freaking out going crazy,” Pittendrigh, 20, told the Daily Express. “We couldn’t believe it. We were absolutely dumbstruck.  “We watched the cheetah chasing the impala.  We saw a few of them turn around in the bushes towards the road they were running from. All of a sudden we saw the impala jump out of the bushes and then someone started screaming, ‘It is in the car! It is in the car!’

     

    Full story here (link).


    YAYpril - B-Plus

      Wow. That is insane!

        An Impala eludes two hungry cheetahs by jumping into a car full of tourists.

         

         

         

        A frightened impala separated from its herd and trying desperately to elude two hungry cheetahs took evasive action nobody was expecting at Kruger National Park in South Africa.

         

        To the surprise and shock of tourists parked alongside a road, the panicked impala escaped by jumping into a car through a window of a Toyota Prado, taking advantage of what the U.K. Daily Express aptly called a window of opportunity.

         

        The incredible scene was captured by South African tourist Samantha Pittendrigh on her mobile phone:

         

        “We started freaking out going crazy,” Pittendrigh, 20, told the Daily Express. “We couldn’t believe it. We were absolutely dumbstruck.  “We watched the cheetah chasing the impala.  We saw a few of them turn around in the bushes towards the road they were running from. All of a sudden we saw the impala jump out of the bushes and then someone started screaming, ‘It is in the car! It is in the car!’

         

        Full story here (link).

        Isn't that what Rosie Ruiz did in Boston a while back???

         

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        Tomas


        Rungry!

          Mind boggling, I almost had to pull my car over whilst listening to this story on NPR this morning.

          Jen


          Will run for scenery.

            What a totally bizzare/inspiring/WTF? story.

             

            That impala had to know what it was doing.

             

            Makes you wonder, though.  What if, instead of an SUV, the impala jumped into an .... Impala ?  And maybe the cheetahs jumped into a Cougar and a Bobcat ?  And maybe a game warden w/ a tranquilizer gun jumped into a Dart ?  Just imagine the madcap antics that might ensue !  The suspense is killing me.

            Stupid feet!

            Stupid elbow!