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22-year-old Weston Behlen was enjoying his evening at Kings Camp in the Timbavati Private Game Reserve, Greater Kruger, when he captured some dramatic footage.

Weston and his friends were hanging out in the front loft when they heard something slam into the door.

At this stage, he started filming, and could see that there was a rather nervous kudu on the other side of the glass.

He told the rest of the story to Latest Sightings:

“Its tail was missing which caused bleeding from behind. After a short time, a hyena came out of the bush and bit the kudu, chasing it around our front yard. The hyena then bit the neck of the kudu and broke it, leading to a quick and easy meal.”

“After this, the hyena began disemboweling the kudu. Then it began to call to other hyenas which joined shortly after to finish the meal. The kudu carcass was then dragged off of our yard and away from the Villa by both hyenas.”

That description doesn’t quite do justice to the moment the hyena arrived on the scene, leaving Weston and his friends incredulous.

Wait for it, wait for it, and then from around the 20-second mark, boom:

As you can tell, Weston is from the US (Omaha, to be precise), adding rather understatedly that “we don’t get to see many things like this at all”.

Not many people do, pal.

To watch a hyena kill play out on the other side of a glass pane is a pretty rare and unique experience.

[source:latestsighting]