It was on my third safari with my son Scott that I fell prey to the Alpha-gal syndrome. Not caused by an enraged elephant or an angry lioness, this was perpetrated by minute creatures that affected my whole system – ticks!
The locals call them pepper-ticks because they are so tiny they are difficult to see. They were still in the nymph phase, and there was a very small area on the entire concession where they were. I wasn’t using insect repellent because it had not been an issue on previous hunts. After all, as
