# Hungry hyenas circling me **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [May 16, 2010, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hungry-hyenas-circling-me/539691 "2010-05-16T23:41:35Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![needscoffee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/needscoffee/32/1076_2.png) [@needscoffee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/needscoffee)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 5:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hungry-hyenas-circling-me/539691/21 "2010-05-17T17:58:03Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > This was a campsite in Samburu National Park in Kenya. It was not exactly conducive to rest and relaxation. When we arrived, we noticed big piles of elephant dung near the campsite, so we were actually more concerned that elephants would come by at night. (Fortunately they didn’t show. Maybe the lions and hyenas were making too much noise.) And the river next to the campsite was full of huge Nile crocodiles. We decided not to go for a dip. And then there were the spitting cobras in the rock outcrop nearby… What did you do to piss off the local chieftain that you would be sentenced to such a cruel and unusual punishment? This sounds like something out of [The Naked Prey](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060736/). I’m glad they let you go after you showed your mettle by surviving the night. ---
**Author:** ![lieu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/c2a13f/32.png) [@lieu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lieu)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2010, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hungry-hyenas-circling-me/539691/22 "2010-05-17T18:15:02Z")
> [@Colibri](#): > > When we arrived, we noticed big piles of elephant dung near the campsite, so we were actually more concerned that elephants would come by at night. [Jack Palance] They crap bigger’n you. [/Jack Palance] I was amazed to read this bit of Naked Prey trivia; _The script was originally a true historical incident about a trapper named John Colter being pursued by Blackfoot Indians in Wyoming, but lower shooting costs, tax breaks and material and logistical assistance offered by South Africa convinced Cornel Wilde and the other producers to shoot the film there._ Awesome movie though and a just analogy. Now, who’s up for making the historically accurate film? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hungry-hyenas-circling-me/539691.md?page=1)