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Tourist Amazed as Hippo Stops Traffic in South Africa

A Dutch tourist documented the experience of taking a stroll in Saint Lucia, South Africa, where he saw a hippopotamus nonchalantly crossing the road in front of him as he "walked the streets" of the town. Footage filmed by Marco Van Hoogdalem shows a hippo moseying across a road and getting near a car in Saint Lucia, a https://stluciasouthafrica.com/ destination known for its proximity to iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with one of the largest hippo populations in Africa. Hoogdalem told Storyful that he saw the hippo as he was trying to find a spot to eat in Saint Lucia. He told Storyful that despite the danger of the situation, the experience was "really super beautiful." According to the https://www.voanews.com/a/hippo-capsizes-canoe-in-malawi-leaving-1-person-dead-more-than-20-missing-/7094500.html Voice of America, hippos kill an estimated 500 people a year in Africa. (Footage by Marco Van Hoogdalem/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
A Dutch tourist documented the experience of taking a stroll in Saint Lucia, South Africa, where he saw a hippopotamus nonchalantly crossing the road in front of him as he "walked the streets" of the town. Footage filmed by Marco Van Hoogdalem shows a hippo moseying across a road and getting near a car in Saint Lucia, a https://stluciasouthafrica.com/ destination known for its proximity to iSimangaliso Wetland Park, a UNESCO World Heritage Site with one of the largest hippo populations in Africa. Hoogdalem told Storyful that he saw the hippo as he was trying to find a spot to eat in Saint Lucia. He told Storyful that despite the danger of the situation, the experience was "really super beautiful." According to the https://www.voanews.com/a/hippo-capsizes-canoe-in-malawi-leaving-1-person-dead-more-than-20-missing-/7094500.html Voice of America, hippos kill an estimated 500 people a year in Africa. (Footage by Marco Van Hoogdalem/Storyful via Getty Images UGC)
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Storyful
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April 18, 2024
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