By the grace of God, the beast as a monster stopped short!
Every April and May in Garamba is a feast of mangoes. Local communities use to address them, the elephants eat a voracious appetite, it's like they have these fruits in the region's only juicy and sweet.
Elephants Nagero to begin their exploration into the month of March, April and May are peak months, 16 hours already mounds are unleashed from the park and it is then that the station's parent knows Nagero evenings and restless nights ... the mango trees are shaken with an indescribable strength fallopian mobile and harden once hung on the end-shaft end and is a demonstration of strength that you have not seen until you have not visited the Garamba. At its fallen mango; dare not approach it because the animal is not slow to express his anger and is ready to load. I've never seen a species that loves the mango as the elephant tree exotic yet but almost became dominant compared with other fruit in the country ...
For a mango or an elephant is ready to sacrifice his life or to sacrifice the life of a human being ! And people in the middle and even small children know.
Here we would like to know who was the first to Garamba to taste the mango to the elephants! What were learned before the pachy rependus mangoes are in the region?
I did not know how many times an animal is less thankful, with all the sacrifices we make for their protection, if elephants Garamba at least knew that it was for their protection we are here, the elephant could not not have an attitude vis-à-vis us. But thank you God that I am human not an animal! Thus
This is my little story with the elephant who had only one point: It is 6:20 p.m.
this Tuesday, April 28, 2009, I left the office and was heading home to two-minute walk, two elephants were standing under mango's Conservative Jerome Amube my neighbor.
Considering the distance that separated me from the pachyderms, it presented no danger to any passerby notified of the ethology of elephants. Laptots my hand and my backpack inseparable because the work of nature conservation in insecure areas has taught us to always have a backpack with everything as documents useful and basic needs; somehow that if it was the bard of hunting has no regrets and it is supposed to have almost everything with them. Floor of this type of shoe that I dare not describe here because it had rained that day, and only those who may have seen me comment on that pair of leather covered wooden hard mark "handmade" to say made the hand.
Sure of my way I intended to do the right way, and 80m to turn back to my residence, a roundabout way of course, this was worth it because the danger was at hand. Despite
precaution taken; just wanting past I saw the animal run straight towards me with a speed I could not imagine, and I saw our flight distance is reduced in the blink of an eye, the monster approached me already! And children who were at home saw the scene and did not know even after shouting with emotion as he saw the elephant run straight towards me.
Yes! There is a clear difference between reading a fact that we won as history and reality when we drive to live! Yes someone said "each day as it comes !
When I saw the monster approaching advantage I had not cried yet but I thought inwardly, "My God! I dream or is it a reality! Lord can you help me to be killed by an elephant? I learned that the elephant had killed a pregnant woman here, and I learned that old man was struck by the same species, but this time you had saved, the elephant would raise its defenses between legs, he has not trampled under the elephant you had saved this man, though wounded, he is alive and I see each day spent in front of my old house here and told us he had faced the elephant and he was defeated, and if you allow me also to express my God that this elephant does not kill me .
I do not believe that in less than a minute the human brain can reason and excavate old memories like that, but it was true when one feels on the brink of death!
But the animal was only approaching advantage; taken by fear and emotion I had lost my head and I did not know how I found myself on the floor ... And this is I expected to kick or wrong or defending the pachyderm because this animal had only one peak. That's when I thought of my mother, my wife, my children my whole family in short brothers and sisters, I thought of an unfinished task in the world, so many projects in mind ... and suddenly all these cries are summarized in this "Mom! Mom! I die! "" Help, help! .
Looking towards the fearful monster I saw him stop at 5m it was something as if it were over months ; Stop short ... I do not believe my eyes! Lafambe guard, bodyguard of chief curator Bernard Iyomi who preceded me at the gate of HQ had not seen the beasts because he would run.
lafabe Guard was already at more than 150m and when he expected me he saw me and shouted the beast that haunted me and I ran and suddenly collapsed on the floor. The guard was rushed to his already heavy weapon to shoot the beast! God thank you that the monster had stopped.
View lafabe guard running toward me and help me see the monster stop give me the courage to stand up and run screaming into the guard, "he is the monster! There he is! Warning! Warning! He is angry! "Lafabe was standing with his gun finger on the trigger, eyes fixed on the beast, until the second attempt against someone who is armed this time.
Having lifted and I had no time to stop and talk to the guard, I spoke to her current teaching so that my panties jeans signed (pat short) became a weight which reduced my speed ... I ' 'd like to get rid of them to better save my body and my mind that this second laptop technology we require and who becomes a becomes another part of yourself!
Arrived at home, and the immediate neighbors were all incurred considerably excited, and I breathed ready to break my rib cage. And the animal was still in place and has fled when a colleague came up with his bike.
A radio call to the Chief Curator Bernard! He rushed with his jeep and all who were with him tonight and have found the survivor of the pachyderm splattered smile "God saved me from the monster! , Albeit with scrapes to the right side of my face; heart broken with emotion, it was difficult to properly testify about what had happened.
What Is a man like me who has a 1.76 m and weighing 87 Kg against a beast that must measure 3m, weighing 4-5 tons, a single peak, the other torn by I know not what a trunk that can grow erectile over 2m with mobility unthinkable in all directions using the pachyderm's hand and can use more than chicotte!
I had forgotten that last Sunday 26 April 09; I was invited into a church to preach and pastor had changed the program for me to come next Sunday as it may travel. And I'm quickly reminded that the theme that I made was on the storm subsided. The miracle of Jesus Christ as written in Matthew. ... So I told myself that Sunday, 26 I could preach with theories but this time God wanted me to preach the same theme with a witness who comes only from me because I said "Who can make that a monster like this elephant can stop dead in front of a little man he could crush, trample and make nothing in a short amount of time ? It is only God who can by his love toward us through Christ Jesus our Lord and Savior. " "Only he who can save us from the jaws of a lion, only he can save us from the horns of the buffalo" and calming the winds and storms that we encounter on our path of life. Glory be to God of Israel and Father of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ! Amen.
Dear brother or sister who will read this message, may be do not you pray for that insecurity is rife protected areas in DRC, and we sometimes forget this: not only uncivil arms bands, and Poachers rebels who are a danger to those involved in conservation of nature, animals too ... do not forget to pray for those in protected areas and are always exposed to various hazards. Just
additional information:
You can not understand that Garamba:
• A guard while he was taking bath in a patrol (after work) was captured and eaten by an old lion
• A pregnant woman was struck down and trampled by an elephant (at 4km from the station Nagero); this woman died on the spot;
• A Kadawili to Andaku (11Km Nagero2002) was charged and killed by an elephant on the road Nagero-Faradge
• A Yanguma in 2004, an elephant killed a farmer in the slaying and trampling down;
• A Hyppo assaulted a farmer and risks his life to Tadu as it departed for the fishing to this day the gentleman Tadu is invalid (in 2008);
Yambwe • The worker has lost his ears devoured by the hyena; • The
Mom daughter Monique Maludu / Clerk to the station Nagero his daughter's eye and jaw removed by the hyena attack, God thank you Hospital has Nyakunde intervene and RFID project has supported the care of that girl. The daughter is married, although distorted and is now nicknamed "Zege" meaning Hyena;
• Wife custody Alara lost his left eye by the attack of hyena, the guard has played in the body his wife with the beast, the guard pulled towards the feet while the hyena shot through the head and thank you God there are people ran and the beast has taken flight;
• In 2008, a young married daughter and in the absence of her husband who had left for fishing, the woman field actually doing the guard has been the door of the hut forced by the claws of the lion who could not reach the whole head of the girl but she left affected ear (2008);
-Guard Anibiyo was caught by the spur in his right arm with a machete and the reptile was let go. His elbow is bent so far and is more flexible.
-A young boy on behalf of Yenga; son to a fire guard risked being eaten by a crocodile in the river while fishing Dungu, his right forearm, the testimony today
-Guard was Madrak caught by a crocodile in the thigh during the patrol and the other guard shot the reptile and it let go but the guard carries the scars ... (1997)
Mandrandele Ndaligo-Garde has been attacked by the hippo, lying on the ground with his weapon held in lateral position (technical) prevented the animal mouth wide open to crush the head of his opponent's success has crushed the weapon type AKA 47 and feeder ground, and in order to finish his opponent did the hippo seized the bag, which was back-thank God - and the guard has had his shoulder blade and buttock affected by the bite and Mawalukudu Guard officer shot the animal and returned it empties into the River. The same hippo in the water jumped from 8 yards on the shore to jump on a second guard in the name of Dama Uwaga which had overturned and had his hand broken, and the same officer Mawa fired again for the second time and the animal fled into the bush and after a few days his body was found. (1996)
-After the attack on the hippo, the officer Mawa was written message to the curator Dr. Mbaima through 4 guards on foot, but suddenly the 4 guards were chased by a herd of 25 elephants and it is unclear how the pachyderms have undertaken a strategy to attack the 4 guards: they formed a circle around the guard and start to move towards them; considerably excited and amazed the attack of pachy; guards began firing in air to create an opening, saw the danger that day 120 cartridges were fired into the air. Thus the animals have escaped and the guards are found safe and sound to the station Nagero.Cet event happening at more or less 14 km from the station in the region Nagero River Nabema.
-In 2007, a leopard at bench Garamba attacked the laborers in the hut at 32 km from the station Nagero, the beast was already at 3 m from the team daily (the evening ) thank you and God the NCO has DAOB overview of accuracy and shot and the animal collapsed, his skin was preserved in the museum station.
-In 1994, the PP leader keeps wanting to look Badilongo sticks to fix the shower of PP has been attacked by a venomous snake that bit him and died on the spot the serpent in the region called Wambaga first bite is deadly and if Wambaga connects a second bite is an antidote and the person does not die. Only researchers can tell us more!
continued .... By Samuel
Boendi Lihamba
This is not fiction!
