Actually i was just watching a show on Vs. tonight about dangerous game hunting. They had a elephant charge that was stopped at 6 yards by a couple well placed shots by the hunter and PH. Then next they had a lion hunt where this big male charged and the hunter got one shot off from the hip, got lucky and hit him in the head and killed him instantly. The lion's momentum carried him right into the hunter and knocked him over, but otherwise uninjured...it was amazing. That being said i think the "black death" would still scare me the most, their combination of speed, toughness and desire to stomp a mudhole into people that mess with them makes them extremely frightening.