By December the workers were so terrorized by the lions that some workers stopped a train returning to Mombasa by lying on the tracks, and then about 500 of them swarmed aboard.
Detsembriks olid töölised lõvide pärast juba niivõrd hirmunud, et mõned neist heitsid rööbastele pikali, et peatada rongi, mis sõitis Mombasasse, kust umbes 500 töölist edasi laeva pardale astus.