We have all had experiences with cats, dogs, deer and an occassional bear but this takes it to a whole new level!

"In September, businessman Geoff Blythe was attacked by a female elephant as he rode a bicycle ride near his home in the lakeside town of Kariba, 230 miles (370 kilometers) northwest of Harare. He barely survived the nightmarish encounter.

Blythe told family and friends he tried to pedal as fast as he could from the cow elephant and her calf but the bike chain dislodged. He dumped the bike and ran but there were no trees or powerline towers near enough to climb. He threw himself into a gully of soft sand as the elephant overtook him. The elephant gored him in the back and thigh and kicked him into thorny bushes before backing off. Blythe suffered cuts and fractured ribs.

"He was lucky to escape with this life," Rodrigues said."