The Hippopotamus

The Hippopotamus — page 1
River of Blood It was a beautiful afternoon in Zimbabwe Tour guide Paul Templer was leading a group of canoes down the Zambezi River Templer saw a female hippopotamus and her calf downriver so he changed his route to avoid a confrontation He knew there was a rogue hippo on the new route but he didn’t think they would encounter it Suddenly he heard a loud thump behind him He turned to look and saw that one of the canoes had flipped over His friend Evans Namasango was in the water Templer paddled back to help him As he reached for Namasango’s hand a hippo lunged out of the water Everyone watched in horror as Templer’s head disappeared into the hippo’s powerful jaws Templer could feel the animal’s sharp teeth pierce his back The hippo dragged him underwater 4