Kenya 1985. Gazelle pilot flying solo back to Nanyuki spots a buffalo skeleton in the bush with magnificent horns that would look just dandy behind the Squadron bar back in UK. Looks for a place to land and finds a small clearing 50m west of the skeleton. Lands shuts down.
Bush is about 10 feet high but he thinks he can find the buffalo so walks east through the bush and sure enough there it is. Picks up horns and walks west back towards helicopter. 50 metres later - no helicopter. Walks back east 50 metres to buffalo - no buffalo. First signs of panic set it. Keep calm. Sit down and think first - then panic.
Fortunately the African bush is fairly quiet during the day and even more fortuitously a cooling Astazou makes a noticeable pinging noise that can be heard 50 metres away.
Could have been ugly.