When Hyenas Attack

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These wild creatures are known for their incident at the Kruger National Park. Here are Hyenas in the wild that were encountered by humans.
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Tanzanian legends talk about evil witches that would use spotted hyenas as mounts while Middle Eastern folklore describes hyenas as vampiric creatures that attacked people at night. Yet, despite all the frightening myths surrounding them, hyenas are actually highly intelligent and fascinating creatures. Even though their behavior and morphology resemble that of canines, hyenas are actually part of the feliform order, meaning that they are closer related to felines and viverrids. They have a wolf like-build only slightly more robust in the torso and with hind legs that are much shorter than the forelegs. Hyena skulls are considerably larger and heavier than those of large canid species.
5 Erco Janse van Rensburg
While camping with his parents at Kruger National Park in South Africa, teenager Erco Janse van Rensburg was the victim of a vicious hyena attack. Erco was sleeping alone in a tent next to his parents’ trailer. A hyena clamped on his face and dragged him out of the tent for almost a hundred feet. The 15-year-old was conscious throughout the attack and described hearing his bones ‘being crushed like a pack of crisps’ as the animal sat on his body preparing to feast on him. Fortunately, his uncle heard the noise and managed to chase the animal away.
Hyenas are mostly found on the African continent. Spotted hyenas live throughout sub-Saharan Africa and outnumber other large predators in the Serengeti. The stripped hyena is the most widely distributed, as it can be found in Asia, the Middle East and even in southern Siberia. Hyenas are highly adaptable creatures found in habitats ranging from mountains, at heights of around 13,000 feet, to woodlands, grasslands, savannas and sub-deserts. The spotted hyena is the most social of the species. Yet, unlike the others, the females are heavier, more aggressive and dominate the males. Their testosterone production is three times greater and they have genitalia that closely resembles that of the males.
4 Hyena Attacks in Ethiopia
In the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa hyenas in urban areas are a common occurrence. In 2011, hunters had to be called in by airport authorities as a pack of hyenas were becoming a threat to planes landing and taking off. In 2014, there were at least six dens found near the city center and anywhere from 300 to 1,000 hyenas believed to be living in the city. People living and sleeping on the streets were most at risk. Staff from a volunteer clinic have reported people frequently coming in whose fingers and toes had been gnawed by hyenas while they were passed out under the influence of drugs or alcohol. One hyena snatched and killed the infant son of a woman camping near the Hilton Hotel. In another case a man had to be taken to the hospital after a hyena had scalped him while he was sleeping, leaving the skin from his head hanging down over his eyes.
3: Hyena Treatment
One report from Somalia described a drastic traditional treatment for mental illness that some have described as barbaric. A Dr. Hab told a news outlet ‘There’s a belief in my country that hyenas can see everything including the evil spirits that people think cause mental illness.’ It’s been estimated that one in three people from Somalia suffer from some form of mental illness.
In legends hyenas are often depicted as creatures to be avoided, a concept that may be rooted in fact as both the stripped and spotted hyena are known to be man-eaters. In fact, hyenas and their ancestors have been attacking humans since prehistoric times. Human hair was found in fossilized hyena dung, dated 195,000 to 257,000 years ago. Women, children and sick or infirm men are among their most frequent targets.
2 Moses Lekalau
35-year-old Kenyan herdsman Moses Lekalau was returning to his homestead with his cattle in Maralal, a safari area roughly 160 miles north of Nairobi. As he walked along a forest path, he was attacked by a lion. Before he even got a chance to recover, he was attacked once more, this time by a pack of hyenas.
1: Hyena Men
Nigeria’s hyena men, also known as Gadawan Kura travel all over the country selling their herbal medicine which they claim cures stomach pains and malaria. To promote their products, these men put on street shows featuring baboons, snakes and hyenas. This is a tradition passed down in their families from generation to generation.

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