Explorer Mike Fay Survives Elephant Attack in Gabon

Megatransect Expedition Leader Mike Fay said that the biggest danger he faced in his walk through the heart of Africa's forests had four legs, sharp tusks and a trunk. So did he try to avoid the animal? "No!" he says. "I made a point of engaging them."

Megatransect Expedition Leader Mike Fay said that the biggest danger he faced in his walk through the heart of Africa's forests had four legs, sharp tusks and a trunk. So did he try to avoid the animal? "No!" he says. "I made a point of engaging them."

Megatransect Expedition Leader Mike Fay said that the biggest danger he faced in his walk through the heart of Africa's forests had four legs, sharp tusks and a trunk. So did he try to avoid the animal? "No!" he says. "I made a point of engaging them."

Megatransect Expedition Leader Mike Fay said that the biggest danger he faced in his walk through the heart of Africa's forests had four legs, sharp tusks and a trunk. So did he try to avoid the animal? "No!" he says. "I made a point of engaging them."

Megatransect Expedition Leader Mike Fay said that the biggest danger he faced in his walk through the heart of Africa's forests had four legs, sharp tusks and a trunk. So did he try to avoid the animal? "No!" he says. "I made a point of engaging them."

Written by Amy C Smith, Copyright 2003.