The Gorilla Hunter

An avid big game hunter decided to book a trip to the Congo in order to hunt Gorillas. He had never been to the Congo so upon arrival he asked several locals who the best guide for hunting Gorillas would be. Everyone told him to find a man named Joffe as he was an expert in hunting gorillas. Soon the hunter found Joffe and negotiated a payment for his hunting expedition.

The next day he arrived to find Joffe ready to go holding a leash with a vicious looking dog attached. All of his men had cages on their backs. "That's odd" thought the hunter but he had never hunted gorillas and decided not to say anything. Soon they set off into the forest.

After about an hour of walking Joffe suddenly stopped and crouched down. he tapped the hunter on the shoulder and pointed into a tree where a large gorilla was clinging to a branch. The hunter started to raise his rifle but Joffe pushed it down saying, "not yet, not yet, but be ready and I will tell you when to shoot". The hunter was confused and stood there while Joffe dropped the leash and ran like a wild man through the jungle. He leaped up into the tree and grabbed the trunk and shook the tree with all his might. The surprised gorilla couldn't hold on to the shaking tree and he fell to the ground. The instant the gorilla fell the dog took off like a shot and grabbed the gorilla's balls in his sharp teeth. Both the dog and the gorilla froze. One of the men came and loaded the gorilla into a cage, pulled it up onto his back and the hunting party moved on.

"This is the craziest damn thing I've ever seen" thought the hunter, but he knew Joffe was an expert so he held his tongue. After another hour Joffe stopped short and pointed into another tree. Again the hunter raised his rifle but again Joffe pushed it down saying, "not yet, not yet, but be ready and I will tell you when to shoot". And like before Joffe ran through the jungle and leapt into the tree, shaking it furiously. The gorilla fell and the dog clamped its jaws around the gorilla's testicles. Again the gorilla froze and one of the men loaded it up into a cage.

At this point the hunter is getting a little frustrated. He came to hunt gorillas after all, not to watch this crazy display. But still he stayed silent and this same series of events happened with Joffe telling him each time to put his gun down but to be ready to shoot.

At this point the hunter was angry and told Joffe, "look, I came here to shoot! I'm tired of just roaming through the jungle and watching." Joffe told him not to worry, "you just be ready and you will need to shoot soon enough." Just as before the came across a gorilla in a tree and again he was told to be ready. Joffe sprinted across the clearing, jumped into the tree and shook with all his might. But this time the gorilla held on and did not let go, in his anger the gorilla shook the tree back and Joffe lost his grip and started to fall. As he headed for the ground Joffe started shouting, "QUICK! SHOOT THE DOG! SHOOT THE DOG!!"