Dramatic video shows safari guide stopping a charging elephant with his hand

http://www.foxnews.com/world/2018/04/14/...h-his-hand.html

https://youtu.be/rlbNVLhC7xo

Dramatic video shows a brave safari guide in South Africa stopping a charging elephant with a wave of his hand.

The guide prevented the bull elephant from trampling to death newlyweds Brett Larsen and Lulu Shi in Kruger National Park five days ago, the South African news outlet Independent Online reported Saturday.

Larsen said he was sharing the amazing footage to give the guide, named Dean, all the credit he deserved, the paper reported.

“Dean showed nerves of steel,” he said.

He said Dean stopped the elephant from charging at him and his wife three separate times without firing a shot.

The New Zealand couple was out walking on the last day of their honeymoon safari when they spotted the elephant at the top of a hill and stopped to admire it, according to the paper.

Suddenly, the elephant charged towards them.

“Dean, our lead guide, said, 'Don’t move,' so we stood there frozen in terror as the elephant charged down the hill at us,” Larsen told the paper.

“Straight away Dean had moved forward and become the target. He put his arm up and yelled 'Whoooa' and about (10 yards) away the elephant stopped dead in its tracks,” he said.

“With his right arm raised Dean was loudly commanding the elephant and it backed off.” Larsen said. “It was surreal. And what impressed me is that Dean didn’t raise his rifle once. This bloke stepped up to the mark and without hesitation and no fear put his body on the line.”

Seen that, cool experience! When the ears are back flat and the trunk curled under it’s the real deal. No shouting or hand waving will stop it. Only good shooting. The guide knew it was bluffing. Those folks got their money’s worth!!

Just another tourist trick. Lol

I bet he got a good tip.

No just kidding it was quite impressive and obviously the guide understands elephants.

My guess the elephant realized the guide was crazy and didn't want any part of him.

I'll remember that the next time I run into a sow grizz with cubs. Just hold up my hand and say "Whooaa!" That'll stop her.

Lol Idaho....that and the odor from your soiled shorts.

Thats funny right there

I don't need a sow grizz to get an odor coming from the shorts... Mexican food does interesting things to me.

Lol. I don't envy you Western guys having to deal with Grizzs and such...need to be packing and eyes wide open all the time.

And later on behind the Guides tent "Trained Jumbo" received his peanuts and hay for his Act.

Guide was a fellow Republican.

Think I would of had gun up just in case. That was awfully close...

Ivan Carter used to do this all the time. Like tomahawker said, it's all in the body language.

The elephant actually stopped charging because the guide took away it's credit card.

Keith

I did that with a spider once,my wife is terrified of spiders,I pointed at the spider,stomped my feet,and yell RUN.The spider took off and hid somewhere.

Nad's of solid Brass!

I had a ground hog charge me once. All I could do was back up and make involuntary grunting noises.

Elephants bluff all the time. Bring "Elephant Dundee" over here and try that with a nutria, one of the most dangerous charging wild animals in the western hemisphere. HE'S GONNA NEED THAT RIFLE.