Chased

I’m working on a nature reserve with various game roaming the area. We are well aware that they are wild animals. But they still don’t seem bothered when we walk around in the field, except for 8 bachelor wildebeests.

Earlier this week I was at the group Aztecs doing the normal stuff, walking with them and doing weights. I was busy with lunch weights when my meerkats all of a sudden decided to run off. I thought their might be a raptor in the area, but as soon as I looked up I looked right into a lone male wildebeest. He seemed quite agitated with my presence. He started swaying his head sideways and grunted at me. Seven other males joined him and they charged me. I just grabbed all of my things and ran like the wind. They chased me for about 300 meters before deciding to leave me alone. I had to run through three torn bushes to get away and only after catching my breath realized that I ran through thorny bushes and that my legs are bleeding. My radio didn’t work either, so I couldn’t call for help and had to walk back to the farmhouse. What a terrifying experience. I officially do not like the wildebeests on the farm anymore.

That surely was an eventful morning and one that I won’t forget for a very long time.