Number 11 Tracy Noonan & Sharon Heinrich In late 2020, an Australian woman was attacked
by a kangaroo while jogging near Melbourne.
Mother-of-two Tracy Noonan felt a “felt a massive thump” in her back from a blow
that swiftly brought her to the ground.
She then turned around to see the marsupial standing over her.
As the kangaroo started tearing into her body, Noonan was afraid that she’d be clawed to
death.
She managed to pick herself up and started throwing rocks at the kangaroo, keeping it
at bay long enough for her to reach a nearby house.
Luckily, the owners were home and, as Noonan took cover inside, the kangaroo waited in
front of the window for roughly 20 minutes, behavior that she likened to a scene from
a horror movie.
A ranger offered a possible reason for the 35-year-old’s ordeal.
The male kangaroo was likely in heat and the ranger believed it was attracted to Noonan’s
perfume, called NYC, by Sarah Jessica Parker.
The woman had used the fragrance prior to her run because she couldn’t find her deodorant.
Noonan’s aggressive and arguably peculiar kangaroo encounter isn’t the only one to
have occurred in Australia in recent years.
In May of 2016, a woman’s life was saved by her breast implants when a kangaroo kicked
her off her bike.
45-year-old Sharon Heinrich and a friend were riding bicycles along a tourist route, in
the south Australian Riesling wine region.
The kangaroo suddenly launched itself at them, kicking Heinrich off her bike and knocking
her friend unconscious.
It then reportedly hopped away unhurt while both women had to be taken to the emergency
room.
Heinrich had suffered three cracked ribs, scratches on her back and damage to her saline
and silicone implants.
They’d absorbed some of the damage and likely prevented her from suffering further and more
serious injuries.
As she recovered, Heinrich jokingly told a media outlet that, during the restorative
surgery, she’d opt for bigger implants “in case it happens again”.
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Number 10 Katy & Finn Williams On September the 3rd of 2018, a woman and
her young son were attacked by a giraffe close to their home at the Blyde Wildlife Estate,
near Hoedspruit, South Africa.
American scientist Sam Williams, aged 36, returned to the estate after a run and saw
that his wife, Katy, and their 3-year-old son, Finn, were being brutally trampled by
the wild animal.
He managed to scare it away and both victims were rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
Katy underwent a lengthy operation and Finn also required surgery to relieve the pressure
on his brain from the head injuries he’d sustained during the attack.
According to subsequent updates on their condition, the mother and son showed signs of improvement
and responded well to their treatment.
The female giraffe had had a young calf with it and most likely charged Katy and Finn after
perceiving them as a threat.
The estate attempted to transport the animals to a different facility but the two-month-old
giraffe didn’t survive the transfer.
Number 9 Kieran Munns For nearly two years, Kieran Munns had been
studying at the Bhejane Nature Training, in South Africa.
The 21-year-old, originally from Scotland, wanted to become part of a team that handled
wild rhino conservation.
Then, in May of 2021, Munns needed to be hospitalized after a brutal encounter with the very animals
he wanted to help protect.
He was out on a foot patrol, in Northern Zululand, when he was charged by a black rhino cow.
Munns sustained a head injury as it ran through him and was also trampled by the mother’s
calf, which left him with a hip injury.
IPSS Search and Rescue coordinated with local anti-poaching units in locating and then evacuating
him.
A social media post by IPSS read that the game ranger student, after being gored and
trampled, had been transported to the hospital in critical condition.
Fortunately, his injuries weren’t deemed life-threatening and he didn’t require surgery.
In the aftermath, Munns was eager to return to work, had no negative comments about the
attack and remained undeterred in his objective of protecting wildlife.
Number 8 Carlos Carvalho In the spring of 2018, an award-winning filmmaker
was killed by a giraffe while shooting in the South African wilderness.
47-year-old Carlos Carvalho was best known for his work on the Wild at Heart series,
about a British family who rehabilitates a game reserve and sets up an animal hospital
in South Africa.
At the time of the fatal attack, which occurred in early May, Carvalho was filming Gerald
the giraffe at the 1,500-acre Glen Afric Country Lodge.
Gerald had started following the operator of a boom microphone but the crew wasn’t
worried because he seemed inquisitive and not aggressive.
Carvalho got close and started filming his body and feet.
Gerald then spread his legs and bent his neck, while standing in front of the filmmaker.
As Carvalho was looking through the camera’s eyepiece, Gerald swung his neck and headbutted
him in the skull.
Carvalho never saw the strike coming and was sent flying 16 feet.
He lay on the ground, unresponsive, with blood coming out his eyes and ears, which was a
sign he’d sustained massive head trauma.
Paramedics tended to him at the scene and he was airlifted to Milpark Hospital, in Johannesburg,
where he was pronounced dead on May the 4th.
The lodge’s owner decided that Gerald wouldn’t be harmed.
Number 7 Sheldon Hooper In August of 2020, a safari guide died in
his girlfriend’s arms after being gored through the chest by an elephant.
27-year-old Sheldon Hooper and a colleague were performing a routine perimeter check
at the Thornybush Game Lodge, in Johannesburg.
The two men suddenly found themselves within 65 feet of an elephant herd, which featured
three adult females and six calves.
One of the adults chased Hooper, for 35 feet, before plunging its tusks into his body.
One caused a gaping wound in his leg while the other went in right above his heart.
Hooper called his girlfriend, Rebecca Rowles, who also worked at the park, while his colleague
went to get help.
20 minutes after paramedics arrived, it was reported that Hooper passed away in Rowles’
arms.
The elephant that had killed him was later located by staff but a decision was made not
to euthanize it because it exhibited no further signs of aggression.
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Number 6 Enock Romano Owing to their enormous size, powerful bite
and aggressive nature, hippos are often ranked among the African continent’s deadliest
and most dangerous creatures.
Human fatalities are reported at an estimated 500 per year, according to National Geographic.
Yet, even if hippos don’t outright drown or maul their victims to death, they can inflict
life-altering injuries.
In January of 2018, a Kenyan man needed to have both his legs amputated, below the knee,
after they were crushed by a hippo.
Enock Romano and a friend had been fishing on the shore of Lake Naivasha when the hippo
charged both of them.
Romano’s companion was left with deep thigh injuries to his thigh but he managed to evade
the brunt of the attack.
Romano’s legs were horrifically mangled as the hippo plunged its ivory canines into
them.
The beast then retreated.
When Romano arrived at a local hospital, staff determined his legs were “impossible to
treat” as they were only dangling from the skin, with the bone, muscle and tendons having
been chewed through.
After they were amputated, it was deemed that Romano would be fitted with artificial legs.
Number 5 Zak Bornhoft In October of 2020, a Colorado golfer was
rushed to a hospital after being gored by an enraged elk, at a course outside of Denver.
41-year-old Zak Bornhoft was two holes from completing the Evergreen Golf Course, where
he’d been playing with a few of his friends.
The golfers were then met by dozens of elk roaming freely on the green, which wasn’t
an unusual occurrence at Evergreen.
They tried to steer clear of them but, as Bornhoft and a friend were driving in a golf
cart, a bull started charging them.
In the fall, elk tend to be more aggressive and territorial.
Males will defend the harems they collect and it’s believed that the elk in question
had perceived the golf cart as a challenger.
The driver accelerated in a desperate attempt to evade the animal’s attacks but it eventually
gored Bornhoft with its antler.
It pierced through his left hip and went in deep enough to slice his kidney into two pieces.
The father-of-seven was rushed to the hospital, where he was later joined by his wife, as
he began what would be a long road to recovery.
Number 4 Joaquin Gutierrez Arnaiz A fatal elephant attack occurred, in February
of 2021, at Spain’s Cabarceno Natural Park, near Santander.
44-year-old Joaquin Gutierrez Arnaiz was cleaning the animals’ enclosure.
He was in an intermediate security corridor when the elephants were released.
A female, weighing about 9,000 pounds, or over twice the weight of a mid-sized car,
emerged with her calf.
The elephant struck Arnaiz with its trunk and sent him flying into the cage’s bars.
He sustained a devastating injury as his head smashed into the metal railings.
It’s believed that the mother had perceived him as a threat, prompting her to defend her
calf.
Two colleagues called the emergency services and Arnaiz was rushed to a local hospital,
where he later passed away.
An investigation was launched and the park pledged its full cooperation, noting that
it had been the first fatality to be recorded on its premises in over 30 years.
Number 3 Bison Attacks at Yellowstone In June of 2020, an elderly California woman
was brutally attacked by a bison, at the Bridge Bay Campground, in Yellowstone National Park.
According to a statement released by the park, the 72-year-old unnamed victim had gotten
within 10 feet of the bison, trying to take a picture, even though visitors are warned
to keep their distance.
Bison have sharp horns, which are used for fighting and status, as well as massive heads
and forequarters.
They’re known for their strength but also for their temperament and won’t hesitate
to take on any challengers, including grizzly bears.
The California woman was charged, thrown 10 to 15 feet in the air, and gored by the bison
multiple times.
She was airlifted to a hospital where she was treated for her injuries and later released.
A video of the moments leading up to the attack, proved the initial statement released by the
park to have been an understatement.
The victim had actually gotten even closer to the animal, seemingly trying to pet it,
before the bison became enraged and attacked.
Her violent encounter was another in a series of incidents involving bison to have occurred
at the park that year.
In late May, another visitor was injured after being trampled and, in July, a video of a
Montana woman who played dead to avoid a bison attack became viral on YouTube.
The visitor and a companion got too close to a pair of bison and one of the animals
started running towards them.
The woman tripped as she fled and, once on the ground, others shouted at her to play
dead and she remained there motionless.
The bison approached her, sniffed her body and afterwards galloped away.
Had she chosen to continue running, she would’ve likely sustained serious injuries as the charging
bison was only within a few feet of her.
Number 2 Malabo In September of 2020, a Madrid zookeeper was
gruesomely attacked by a gorilla that she’d helped raise from birth.
Housed at the Zoo Aquarium de Madrid, Malabo was a 19-year-old western lowland silverback
weighing over 380 pounds.
It was reported that he’d somehow managed to break through triple security doors and
get to the indoor facilities.
It was there that he started to eat the breakfast, meant to be taken to his enclosure.
As the 46-year-old female zookeeper, whose identity was not released, got inside, she
came face to face with Malabo.
The gorilla was surprised and he attacked the keeper by violently shaking her body.
Other staff members saw what was happening and intervened.
They drove Malabo back using fire extinguishers and then shot him with a tranquillizer.
The zookeeper, who’d had a hand in raising Malabo since he was a baby, was left with
devastating injuries.
She’d suffered compound fractures in both arms as well as trauma to her head and multiple
chest fractures.
She was taken to the hospital in serious condition but was ultimately stabilized.
Referring to the incident, María José Luis, a zoo spokesman, told a media outlet “Malabo
shook her, but without using all of his enormous strength”.
It’s unclear how the gorilla had been able to access the interior area, but an investigation
was launched, with human error as the leading suspected factor.
Number 1 Crystal Cook On May the 26th of 2021, a woman from Nikiski,
Alaska, was airlifted to an emergency room after she was trampled by a moose cow.
According to state troopers, it had been spotted in the Interlake Drive area for a few days.
Neighbors then reported a newborn calf resting between Crystal Cook’s fence and an RV on
the property.
The cow was present on the other side of the fence and the calf was calling to her in what
was described as “tones of distress”.
51-year-old Cook approached the calf, presumably with the intention of getting it to move.
It was at that moment that the cow jumped over the fence, knocked Cook to the ground
and started brutally trampling her.
Both animals then fled into the nearby woods and were never located again.
Cook was treated at the scene by paramedics and then flown to a hospital in Anchorage
where she was later pronounced as being in fair condition.
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