(19) - Lion Attack

If you've read Death in The Long Grass you will probably recall the saga of Peter Hankin. Peter was a well known PH in Zambia. In September of 1974 he was guiding clients on a hunt in Zambia's Luangwa Valley. One night while sleeping in his tent, he was attacked by a lioness.

"At five yards she gathers her hind legs beneath her flattened, lean body, the hind claws gripping the earth for purchase. The manthing is still asleep, unaware of crouching death so near, his breathing deep and regular in the cat's lain-back ears. In a flash of dark motion she is in the air, claws extended like naked linoleum knives, the light mosquito netting shredding before her charge. Her impact hurls the man from his bed and onto the ground. Before he is even awake, there is the soggy snap of crushing vertiebrae, then silence. For Peter Hankin, one of Central Africa's most experienced professional white hunters, the last safari is over."

Well, while in the Northern Luangwa this September we had the honor of visiting Peter Hankin's grave. It was a sobering experience as we realized that we were hunting an area renouned for man eating lions.

May he rest in peace.

Grave Photo: http://forums.accuratereloading.com/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/1411043/m/922105155