A two-year-old boy was swallowed and spat out by a hippo whereas enjoying close to his residence by a lake.
Paul Iga was clenched within the mouth of a hippo only a few hundred yards away from the sting of Lake Edward, Uganda, The Telegraph reported.
A panicking native, Chrispas Bagonza, fortuitously witnessed the incident and commenced throwing stones on the hippo in an try and cease it.
Paul Iga was clenched within the mouth of a hippo only a few hundred yards away from the sting of Lake Edward, Uganda
The hippo appeared stunned by this and vomited up the toddler- after swallowing half of him – earlier than trudging again to the water.
Whereas Paul was injured and brought to a clinic for remedy, he miraculously survived the assault.
It’s reported that the younger boy was transferred to a hospital in Bwera however was launched after taking a rabies vaccine.
Paul Iga, two, was gulped down and spat again out by a hippo on the sting of Lake Edward, Uganda (file picture)
In a press release, Ugandan Police stated: ‘That is the primary such type of incident the place a hippo strayed out of Lake Edward and attacked a younger little one.
‘It took the bravery of 1 Chrispas Bagonza, who was close by, to save lots of the sufferer after he stoned the hippo and scared it, inflicting it to launch the sufferer from its mouth.’