Osa Johnson and her Griffin and Howe, Springfield rifle
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Osa Helen Johnson
The Great Lion Adventure began for Osa Johnson upon leaving camp the first day in her car upon spying a great male lion 100 feet away which had just killed a zebra, which had stampeded a herd of thousands. The male lion was not the least bit pleased in being disturbed by the Johnsons had come to photograph lions, and as was always the case, Osa held the gun while Martin filmed.
Vintage photographs reveal Martin and Osa Johnson's journey ...
Martin and Osa Johnson travelled across East and Central Africa, the South Pacific Islands, and British North Borneo studying wildlife and documenting their trips between 1917 and 1936.
Osa Johnson - IMDb
Other Works: (autobiography) (with Martin E. Johnson [photographer] and Philip Turner [editor]) "I Married Adventure: The Lives of Martin and Osa Johnson".
The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum - Chanute, Kansas
The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museum tells the story of the romance of these film pioneers.
The Africa where Osa lived and played
The lion was soon off, and so were the Johnson's chasing it over roadless terrain at 40 miles per hour with Osa doing the driving. The lion was a bit perplexed what this new rhino was, but gamely kept ahead of the car until Osa found what filled Africa in a pig hole with her car.
There was a great deal of bruised knees and a squeaking grinding sound which appeared that deemed a further investigation. Where upon the Johnson's got out, popped the hood and as Martin peered inside to discover the problem, Osa happened to tell Martin not to move, because 50 feet away, there were now two male lion heads peering at them through the grass.
Osa the proficient fisherman
Martin rather excitedly told his wife to get the gun. Her reply was that she already had it, and was carrying it on her knees thee entire time, and that she would watch the lions while he fixed the car.
The car's wounds were a broken muffler, which after some wiring was now held in place as the not amused lions continued to look on.
The duo deemed a retreat would be in their interest and got into the car and started to drive away, with one of the lion switching his tail and performing a charge just to remind the humans whose country this was.
Osa with her husband, Martin, holding a Winchester 95
The Johnson's on returning to there camp as they had been out looking for another camp with better lion activity reported the events to their African mechanic and that they would stay where they were. To which he replied, "This is simba country. There is no better place. It is all simba country".
Osa in Indochina
The time was 1928 in confiscated German East Africa, and Osa Johnson for a nice afternoon had chased a a lion with her car across the plains, wrecked her car, held off two lions with a rifle while her husband fixed the car, and then was escorted off the plains by a charging lion.
This was Osa Johnson's first day on the plains of Africa.
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