Swallowed by a Hippo: Zambezi River Safari

Real Survival Stories

NOISER

Society & Culture, Documentary, Sports, Wilderness, History

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 23 November 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Paul Templer has one of the most wholesome jobs imaginable: paddling entranced visitors along Africa’s beautiful Zambezi River to the majestic Victoria Falls. But one day, his tour party is attacked… by a ferocious bull hippopotamus. As panic descends, Paul must do his utmost to ensure no man is left behind… A Noiser production, written by Susan Allott. For more on Paul’s story, read Marked for Life: Finding Grace and Grit Where You Least Expect It. For ad-free listening, bonus material and early access to new episodes, join Noiser+. Click the Noiser+ banner to get started. Or, if you’re on Spotify or Android, go to noiser.com/subscriptions If you have an amazing survival story of your own that you’d like to put forward for the show, let us know. Drop us an email at [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	If just thinking about your bills makes you feel confused and disorientated,
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0:21.0	March 9th, 1996.
0:25.0	It's just after 5 p.m. in Zimbabwe.
0:28.0	28-year-old guide Paul Templar floats happily along the Zambezi River.
0:35.0	He's leading a safari group on a sunset trip.
0:38.0	He watches from his canoe as the sky in the west turns pink.
0:46.0	Paul dips his paddle into the water, pointing at the passing wildlife to the tourists.
0:49.0	Not that a photo could ever truly capture
0:52.0	the spectacular natural beauty that surrounds them.
0:57.4	The Sambeese River Wizen is just the most incredible place.
1:02.3	There's elephant and buffalo and hippos and
1:06.2	crocodiles and impala and water buck and kudu and lion and if you're really lucky, Cheetah and leopard, the bird life is just prolific.
1:19.0	It's almost like a divinely inspired painting every day you go down the river.
1:25.0	Paul checks his watch.
1:27.0	They're about 45 minutes from the journey's end.
1:30.0	The three canoe convoy enters a narrowing in the river channel.
1:35.0	A pod of hippos emerges from the tall grasses lining the bank.
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