This man can tell a story. I laughed out loud at<p>> I looked back and there was a hyena loping towards me, a huge bristling monster with a maniacal grin and terrifying jaws. In situations like this it is vital to stay calm, avoid eye contact and make sure that you are walking with someone who is slower than yourself. I was alone. I ran.<p>Everyone thinks a hyena is like a dog in size. It is absolutely not, it is much larger. I'm Kenyan, and a friend of mine growing up was a boy scout whose troop regularly went camping in remote areas. He kept a steel cooking pot that had been savaged by a hyena when they were camping and someone was stupid enough not to clean it of animal smells. It looks like it had been though an industrial metal shredder.
If their jaws can do that, I shudder to think what they can do to flesh and bone (actually, you can easily find out by Googling images, but I'd suggest against doing that if you ever intend to fall asleep again)