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Thing of the Day!
“On the way out of the park, I came across a two-toned sand dune that was about 100 meters from the gravel road I was on. I was in the middle of the park and there was nothing around me but desert. I wanted a photo of the dune, so I got out of the car and I began walking across the sand towards the mound. I was about 50 meters from the car which was about half way to the dune when I noticed them the ground…Lion tracks! Holy shit! Holy shit! It scared me so much. I was alone in the desert and the car seemed a long way from where I was at the moment when I began to flee. I ran as hard as I could for the car.
As soon as I got inside and had the door shut, I could not quit thinking how stupid that was of me. I mean, the desert is empty and with nothing but the occasional oryx, so one forgets that there are predators like lions out there because you never see them. But they are there. I can not describe the terror of being so vulnerable, 50 meters from any kind of safety when you see lion tracks in the sand… Wow that scared me. So stupid...”
— Skeleton Coast - Namibia
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