Gemsbok Cricket!

[Michael Alexander]

How many of you heard the story as a kid, that if you threw a stone at a gemsbok, he would knock it back at you! Kinda like Gemsbok cricket, I never had the courage to do it though!
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[Paul Alexander]

Hey, Gemsbok, I'm gonna frow you wiff a stone...

Ever been chased by one... I was, on my bike fortunately...

[SandyB]

Yes  the  urban  legend   of  gemsbok  cricket ??   also  heard  the  story  that they  could  bat  a stone  away  with their  horns  .   dont be surprised  at the  outcome  of  this  mystery  . could well  be  true ...  I  have many  memories  of  walking  ( shuffling ,, staggering  Oh  whatever !! ) home  when   we  stayed  in  E 35/11th   .and coming around  the  corner  and  being  greeted  by  a  whole  mini  herd of  the  creatures .. if you  were  quiet  you  could  just  slip  by them .. however  nothing  more    scary  than  a  whole lot  of  them  on a  run  ..  you  just find  the nearest  fence  and  fly  over it ...

[JohanB]

Ha! Those damned gemsbokke forced detours on me many a time! I'd be walking home (still 2km to go) from the school down a road in the evening and then they'd appear up ahead like ghosts and just stand there looking at you. I think all kids knew about gemsbok cricket, and we'd pelt them with stones but they never flinched. We also knew that they could spear you with those horns so you didn't want to get too close to them, and you can just about see the closest alley, just bayond the damned bokke! So you couldn't use that alley to go to the next street, thus you had to walk al the way back to the end of the avenue (or the previous alley) to get past the bokke!

I remember once, in the dead of night, waking up and hearing strange noises outside my bedroom window. Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be wild donkeys eating away at mom's garden plants. Someone had left the gate open again...