The Wild Story Behind YouTube’s ‘Battle at Kruger’

Video  •  Jim Benning  •  08.10.07 | 10:16 AM ET

The eight-minute amateur video of an extraordinary showdown between buffalo and lions at South Africa's Kruger National Park has become a YouTube phenomenon.

imagePhoto by Mister-E via Flickr, (Creative Commons).
The eight-minute amateur video of an extraordinary showdown between buffalo and lions -- with a special appearance by a hungry crocodile -- at South Africa's Kruger National Park has become a YouTube phenomenon, viewed more than 10 million times and celebrated by experienced nature photographers. It was shot by an American on vacation in 2004 -- a Texan named David Budzinski -- who told ABC News he uses the camera "maybe once a year." The video was shown privately for two years until another man on the same safari who'd asked Budzinski for a copy decided to post it on YouTube so friends could see it. Oh, friends saw it all right. Now, National Geographic Channel is planning to produce a special about it. Just how lucky was Budzinski to capture the footage? One safari guide with 15 years in the business told ABC:
Experienced people who do wildlife documentaries, they'll tell you, there's only two ways you can see something like that -- that's to spend thousands and thousands of hours following these creatures, and even then you might not be lucky...or else, to just be in a random place and see it.
Whatever works. Here's the video:
Tags: Audio-Video, Kruger National Park, Safari, Africa, South Africa, Pop Culture Travel
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Jim Benning

Jim Benning is the editor and co-founder of World Hum.

Photo by Mister-E via Flickr, (Creative Commons).



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