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 ...

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 ...

Marius Els was mauled to death by his 'pet' hippo, who he was filmed riding earlier this year [Photo: Barcroft Media via Getty Images] A man has been mauled to death by his pet hippo - who he ...

“Humphrey the Hippo” was “like a son” to 40-year-old Marius Els, a South African farmer. Els adopted the dangerous beast when it was found as a calf. He raised it, nurtured it, and regularly went for ...

South African farmer Marius Els raised Humphrey the hippo 'like a son,' having taken him in when he was just 5 months old - but the hippo eventually turned on his owner. Marius, a dedicated animal ...

A man in South Africa who rescued a baby hippo and raised it died after the animal mauled him several years later. For more than a decade, social media users have shared the story of a man in South ...