Paul Templer is leading a canoe safari near Victoria Falls when a hippo bursts to the surface and drags him into the water. In Texas, five-year-old Jade DeMoss is outside, looking for her mother, when an animal pounces on her and attacks.
Colorado park ranger Andy Peterson is hiking when he crosses paths with a mountain lion and its prey. And in Vancouver, Kari Toft is walking her dog just steps from her home when she is attacked by a vicious raccoon.
Jim Lane is picking blueberries alone in the Blue Ridge Mountains when a rattlesnake strikes. Teacher Rachael Lilienthal is swimming in a Florida river when an alligator bites down on her arm, pulls her underwater and doesn't let go.
A man and his dog are attacked by a bear at his Ontario wilderness home; A man forced to walk six miles to work in the early morning darkness is attacked by coyotes.
Andrea Schlake is volunteering at an animal sanctuary when a chimpanzee escapes its enclosure and chases her down. Surfer Todd Endris is ready to catch a wave when a great white shark knocks him off his board and attacks him.