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  • 2019-01-18 (xsd:date)
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  • No, this image does not show how elephant hunter Ian Gibson died (en)
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  • A picture that has been widely shared on social media for several years has been misrepresented as showing the death of professional big game hunter, Ian Gibson. The image is actually of an elephant in South Africa’s Pilanesberg National Park and the people in the vehicle were unharmed. The picture posted on Facebook on August 30, 2015 has more than 110,700 shares and 40,000 reactions and shows an elephant trampling a Volkswagen hatchback on a scenic, unpaved road. The caption reads: Hunter Ian Gibson was trampled to death by elephant he was tracking to kill for ivory yesterday. a screenshot of the Facebook post from August 30, 2015 The Facebook page, with more than 3.4 million followers, posted the picture with this text: Ian Gibson had been leading a hunt in Chewore North, Zimbabwe, when he was killed. Gibson was killed in Zimbabwe by an elephant while leading a hunt in 2015 according to this post from his former employers, but the image above has nothing to do with his death. The picture was taken in Pilanesberg National Park , South Africa, by Armand Grobler in 2014, when a couple visiting the safari park were surprised by an elephant, as related in an article on the park’s official website. Grobler took a number of pictures at the scene, including the image in the misleading meme, his mother Theresa Grobler confirmed to AFP Friday, while her son was away in the Kalahari . I can assure you that the photos have been photographed by Armand while he was on a FGASA course in the Pilanesberg National Park. And I can also assure you that no one was killed during this encounter. Armand Grobler meanwhile described the experience as scary but incredible in a Facebook post from August 22, 2014. a screenshot of the Facebook post from August 22, 2015 (en)
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