Kommt ein Leopard an die Rezeption ...

Unser Ausflug in den Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park war weitgehend raubtierfrei - angesichts der Tatsache, dass wir uns auf nicht eingezäunten Campingplätzen bewegten und in einem Zelt schliefen, war ich nicht böse drum. Man kann in dieser Gegend aber auch völlig andere Erfahrungen machen. Die Ranger und anderen Mitarbeiter des Nationalparks haben da einiges zu erzählen. So hatten sie in ihrem Büro am Eingangstor des Parks einen Zettel aufgehängt, der eines ihrer Erlebnisse illustrierte:

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WE WELCOME ALL VISITORS
Well! Some of our visitors have a tendency to stay in the reception room more time than is expected while making it inaccessible the whole day. This fellow seemed to had encountered a fight during the night and probably suffered defeat and needed some form of consolation. He found refuge in our compound without our knowledge and permission for that matter. Both gates and offices were opened in the morning, officers moving up and down but he was there unnoticed, because the guy is good at disguising. He then decided to show up in the reception room just like all the visitors probably for two reason, he needed consolation and most importantly some pain killers after sustaining injuries in the last fight. Unfortunately when he showed up, everybody straggled for a way out. He the decided to wait patiently the whole day assuming that one might come to offer help but to no avail!! not you brother! When the evening come, he went out the way he came in. He became the most unwelcomed and undesired visitor we ever got. We wish he will never come back.

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