Lion stops traffic on South African bridge

KRUGER NATIONAL PARK, South Africa, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- A motorist in South Africa who captured video of a lion wandering on a bridge said the animal stopped traffic for at least 30 minutes.

John McAdams, who runs The Big Game Hunting Blog, said he was traveling along a busy stretch of Kruger National Park road well known for hippo sightings when he noticed traffic was stopped on an upcoming bridge.

"Sure enough, a young male lion was crossing the bridge and stopped all traffic in both directions. We sat there for over 30 minutes observing and photographing the lion at a safe distance," McAdams said of the November incident.