A man was eaten by lions after running past guards into the Kruger National Park at dusk just as the gates were closing, park officials said on Friday.
He was found after dawn on Friday as the lions feasted on his corpse. "We have no idea why he ran in," Travers said. "We suspect the man was mentally deranged.
No one in their right mind would run into the bush at Kruger at night. It's far too dangerous." Kruger National Park is home to between 4,500 and 5,000 lions spread across an area roughly the size of Belgium.
Mentally ill people had occasionally broken into the park and been eaten in the past, he said, but it was highly unusual.
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He was found after dawn on Friday as the lions feasted on his corpse. "We have no idea why he ran in," Travers said. "We suspect the man was mentally deranged.
No one in their right mind would run into the bush at Kruger at night. It's far too dangerous." Kruger National Park is home to between 4,500 and 5,000 lions spread across an area roughly the size of Belgium.
Mentally ill people had occasionally broken into the park and been eaten in the past, he said, but it was highly unusual.
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