The ‘Terminator’ actor was on a tour of the safari in South Africa when the enormous gray animal sized the exploring team up in their SUV.
‘Is he backing up because of the engine?’ one of the passengers asked in a video shared by the former California governor when it looked like the animal was retreating.
‘No, he’s going to charge us,’ Arnold replied probably hoping to be wrong.
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True to the actor’s prediction and to the team’s terror, the large elephant proceeded to chase them down, forcing the driver of their vehicle to step on the accelerator to enable their getaway.
‘I couldn’t have written this safari encounter better if it was a movie,’ Schwarzenegger wrote in the caption of his video. ‘I’m absolutely in awe of these beautiful, strong animals, even though some of us had to change our pants after this.’
Thankfully no one was hurt and the actor went on to encourage the preservation of the endangered species.
‘We need to stop killing them—take a photo, not a shot,’ he said.
