Hippo Attacks Boat in First-Person Chaos

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0s–2s (HOOK — FIRST IMPACT)

Camera already ON the boat mid-turn.

A MASSIVE HIPPO slams THROUGH the side railing — not hitting — already halfway inside.

Wood explodes inward.

Its jaws snap right in front of camera.

Boat jerks violently sideways.

2s–5s

Camera gets thrown across deck — hits metal edge.

Water floods in.

The hippo keeps pushing forward, forcing its bulk into the boat.

Floor cracks slightly down the middle.

People lose footing — sliding, grabbing anything.

5s–8s (SCRAMRAMBLE — NO SAFETY)

Camera tries to get up — footing gone.

Boat now tilted.

Someone climbs toward the engine — slips instantly.

Camera turns — hippo is no longer where it was.

That’s the problem.

8s–11s (SECOND ATTACK SETUP — NO BREATH)

Half a second of unstable quiet.

Just water sloshing.

Then—

Water beside the boat starts moving FAST in one direction.

Tracking something.

Camera barely reacts.

11s–14s (SECOND HIT — WORSE)

HIPPO erupts from the opposite side — full body surge.

Smashes into what’s left of the boat.

Boat finally gives — structure collapses.

Camera goes with it.

Everything flips.

14s–15s (PAYOFF)

Camera SLAMS into muddy water.

Fully submerged.

Brown chaos.

No visibility.

Cut.