In this footage of a near-fatal encounter, a wounded buffalo turns the tables on a group of hunters by plowing through a land manager and throwing him into the air.
The dramatic footage shows the man running for his life as the angry animal races towards him during the expedition in Eastern Cape, South Africa.
Horrified hunters, hidden behind bushes out of sight of the animal, watch helplessly as the man fails to get out of the way in time.
The man then rolls over the attacking beast, which impales his leg, and is thrown into the air before falling to the ground.
The animal, which is enraged by an arrow hit, is then shot by the hunting party.
The land manager rolls over the attacking beast and is thrown into the air before falling to the ground
The injured man, whose name was not released, was assisting the group of hunters when he was attacked by the animal.
The animal's horns appear to have caught the man's leg, and blood can be seen pouring from his calf.
Otherwise, however, he appears to have escaped largely unscathed and even stood up and wiped his skin after the attack.
However, the buffalo met a gruesome end when the hunter fired a barrage of bullets at it and went back to shoot it again to make sure it was dead.
The incident occurred when the buffalo ran away after being hit by an arrow.
The group wanted to avoid making the animal suffer overnight, so they called the land manager to bring a firearm.
Action-packed footage of the incident was captured by videographer Martin Müller, 43, who was tasked with filming the hunting trip.
The expedition was booked by an American client, also unnamed, who hired Martin and a professional hunter to assist him.
Martin, owner of a production company in Jeffrey's Bay, South Africa, said: “The customer had taken a bow shot.”
“It definitely hit the right place – the lung – but it must have bounced off a bone.”
“It still hit the lung, but it was very shallow and the buffalo ran away.”
“It was just myself, the hunter and the customer. We followed the blood for four kilometers before calling the land manager.
“We left a 100-meter buffer zone from the last spot of blood we saw in case the buffalo turned around and waited for the car.”
The animal's horns appear to have caught the man's leg, and blood can be seen pouring from his calf
The land manager came with the customer's rifle. He also brought two dogs to help search for the wounded buffalo.
He separated from the group but stayed in the safe zone and tried to track down the animal's trail with the help of dogs.
Unexpectedly, the buffalo was less than 20m away and started chasing the lone man towards the rest of the group.
The hunter could not shoot because the land manager was in his line of fire, but when the animal knocked the landowner over, the customer fired, hitting the buffalo.
Martin said: “It must have turned around and got closer than we thought.”
“The boys were 20 meters away and still in the safe zone.”
He continued: “We spoke to the customer and told him it was a risky shot, but he said he was on the buffalo the whole time.”
The hunter could not shoot because the land manager was in his line of fire, but when the animal knocked the landowner over, the customer fired, hitting the buffalo
“In hindsight you can frown on that, but if you look at the angle from which he looked at it, that man wasn't even in his field of vision.
“It was still a split-second decision and it could have gone either way.”
The land manager was treated in hospital with only minor injuries.
Martin added: “The professional hunters always have a first aid kit.” We cleaned the wound and took him to the hospital.
“He was happy to be alive when he came back. Maybe it was a combination of realizing how lucky he was and the drugs, but he was happy.”
The incident occurred in 2021, but Martin only revealed the footage after it was released by the client this month.