What's False Origin Gorilla drunk on permeated bamboo = best photo ever! This photographer was actually being attacked while taking this. pic.twitter.com/vGCnxNteKP In February 2015, an image allegedly showing a drunk gorilla throwing a punch at a photographer went viral. The photograph was taken by wildlife photographer Christophe Courteau at Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda and was originally posted by the Caters News Agency along with a story about the potentially dangerous encounter: These incredible pictures show the moment a lairy gorilla PUNCHED a photographer in a drunken rage. Unlucky wildlife photographer Christophe Courteau, 46, was taking snaps of a group of silverback gorillas in the forest of the Volcanoes National Park, in Rwanda, when the alpha male of the family began to charge at him unexpectedly.