A VISITOR to Kruger National Park recently captured a video of a bull elephant chasing a pack of wild dogs, before stopping to intimidate a SAPS vehicle. The video which was uploaded to Kruger Sightings has already amassed more than 180 000 views.

The video was captured by Beryl Venter (61) who said the police officer hooting at the elephant seemed to stop the animal in its tracks.

“We heard an elephant in the bushes and noticed a few dogs started running away. Suddenly, the elephant burst from out of the bushes and starting chasing a few of the dogs. Luckily they were running away from us. The elephant then turned around and ran towards us. The vehicle that had passed us, reversed because the elephant was trumpeting and running towards us. We could not reverse because we had the caravan on tow and another vehicle was behind us.

“The elephant kept on running and the other vehicle blew its hooter. Only then the elephant stopped, threw his trunk over his tusks as if to say he’s done with us and very calmly walked into the bush. That was the most exciting few minutes we’ve ever had in Kruger! Only at home when we watched the video, we saw how close the elephant came to us. This is a sighting we will never forget and that is what makes Kruger so very special. Cannot wait to go back,” she told the Kruger Sightings YouTube page.

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