Incredible moment elderly man fulfills his ‘life-long dream’ of coming face-to-face with a wild gorilla after being carried on a stretcher into Rwandan jungle

This is the touching moment an elderly man realized his lifelong dream of meeting a gorilla in the wild after guides helped him enter the jungle on a stretcher in Rwanda.

The footage shows the tourist, named only as Collin, lifted a few meters from the huge primate looking on with other gorillas in the background.

It’s not yet clear why Collin had to be carried on a stretcher to the mountain jungle, but guide Cameron Scott called the experience “amazing,” “lucky” and “an experience of a lifetime.” life “.

Colin is elderly and his exact age, identity and nationality have not been revealed.

They carried him through the dense forest until he encountered the primate.

The group, led by Royal Ngala Safaris founder Cameron Scott, was searching for the famous Hirwa gorilla family, known for having twins.

They found them in a clearing.

Scott said they were in this clearing because they had been chased there by a Silverback.

Collin was carefully lowered to the ground and had a rare face-to-face with one of the adult twins.

Cameron Scott shared the video on Instagram and wrote: “This was a first for me. Our group was looking for the famous Hirwa family, which means (lucky) in the local Kinyarwanda language.

“Luckily because this family was blessed with twins who both survived to adulthood.

“One of our group members, Collin, was unable to climb the mountain and was carried on a stretcher by our incredible guides and porters to fulfill his lifelong dream of meeting wild mountain gorillas in the wild. “

Scott continued by talking about the encounter.

He said: “What happened was actually unbelievable, as we were blindsided by the Gorilla family we were following, as they had been chased from their original location by a lone, aggressive Silverback.

“This caused us to pass each other in a small clearing without any preparation or warning.

“Collin was immediately dropped to the ground and he ended up having a very rare encounter in his life with one of the twins, who was now, in fact, a proud black-backed gorilla.

“Another amazing and hilarious experience.”