![]() ![]() He said: “About five minutes before he got hit Carlos gave me his phone and asked me to take some photos of him on the rig for his kids. He wasn’t aware of the danger.”Ī stunned Mr Van der Merwe said he unwittingly captured the last photos of Mr Carvalho alive, taking a photograph for the 47-year-old’s family. “It came out of nowhere and Carlos didn’t even see it coming. He added: “Then while Carlos was looking through the camera eyepiece Gerald swung his neck and hit him against his head. ![]() ![]() He said that the animal had initially seemed to be “inquisitive”, with the crew shooting close ups of its body and feet. Picture: Facebookįocus puller Drikus van der Merwe said: “I was standing right next to Carlos when the giraffe suddenly swung its neck and hit him on his head above his ear and sent him flying about four or five metres through the air.” Carlos Carvalho was killed by a wild giraffe he was filming in South Africa when it suddenly headbutted him, leaving him with devastating injuries. ![]()
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