...and my wife let out such a loud scream, that it has to be noted in the Guiness World Record book :)
We are careful as we know that the baboons raid the cars when the doors are unlocked, or windows are open.
So, whenever we come here, my wife remains in the car with all of the doors locked. I am usually outside, and I was taking shots of a young baboon inspecting a truck that was parked nearby for an opening. He tried the doors, and amazingly he knew that some of the trucks have a clear sunroof which in this case might be open.
But, stay with me, and I will tell the story with the pictures below.
Deftly, he jumped on to the back, and I couldn't see the driver inside the truck.
The baboon switched over to the other side.
And then, no luck he couldn't find an opening.
I was on the way back to our car, and my wife unlocked the doors as I was approaching. In the meantime, the baboon was also coming over, and he walked around the front of our car. I thought he was going to the other side of the parking lot.
And now something unbelievable took place.
So, I opened the driver's door and then my wife also opened her door. At least, I thought my wife opened her door for some reason and as I was getting into the car my wife let out such a loud scream that even the mountains started shaking. Guess what? THE BABOON OPENED MY WIFE'S DOOR!
Sheer panic as the baboon made a backflip when she screamed, and she grabbed the door handle to shut the door. I am so sad that I couldn't get a picture of it, as I would have loved to see my wife and the gentleman that opened her door meeting face to face. Lol.
At her scream some tourists on her side also dashed to their cars, and there were two guys standing a way off that were laughing at the whole incident.
But the baboon was a tough guy, and he jumped on our car's roof. Then he slid down the windscreen over to my window, and he tried to complain to me about my wife's scream, as he had never heard such an outlandish sound before.
Lol. How many of you have ever had a wild baboon sitting on your car door's mirror? We waited patiently for him to disembark.
Cooly, he jumped off and walked towards the other side of the parking lot.
Shame, I think that scream totally unnerved him, as he sat there biting his nails. Lol. Now there is one baboon that will never forget my wife's face, shame poor guy.
That's it for our baboon adventure, and it could have ended differently, as if that baboon got into the car there would have been a serious situation, but no it did not happen, so thankfully nobody, human or animal, got hurt. In fact, once I got my wife over her fright, we both laughed about the incident. She can now go and brag to her family that she faced a live baboon down and he ran away from her :)
I had to add some humor in, because I found it very funny. Imagine a baboon unexpectedly opening the door of your car to get in, you will have to put a safety belt on him as it is against the law to drive with passengers that don't have seatbelts. I wonder what you and the baboon will talk about in the car during the drive. Just be very careful as baboons also know how to unlock safety belts. Lol.
Such is life.
I hope you enjoyed the pictures and the story.
Photos by Zac Smith. All-Rights-Reserved.
Camera: Canon PowershotSX70HS Bridge camera.
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