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Man mauled to death by pet hippo he described as 'like a son' By FOX News article FREE STATE, SOUTH AFRICA - UNDATED: ***EXCLUSIVE***Marius Els with his pet hippo Humphrey at his farm in Free State, South Africa.In the wild west frontiersmen rode horses, in ancient India warriors were known to mount elephants and in parts of Afric Expand A South African farmer was reportedly mauled to death on Sunday by his pet hippo, which he had previously referred to as "like a son to me." Marius Els, who lived in the Free State province of South Africa was found dead in a river, having been bitten re...

“He’s like a son to me”: Man mauled to death by pet hippo in South Africa   The story of a man mauled to death by his pet hippo has resurfaced from 2011, and people are just as shocked. In November of 2011, South African farmer Marius Els was mauled to death by his own pet hippo. He had adopted the hippo named Humphrey six years before when it was found as a calf. Ambulance service spokesman Jeffrey Wicks said of the incident to The Mirror: “Paramedics responded to the scene to find that the man had been bitten several times by the animal. It had also been immersed in the river for ...