This is the incredible moment a tourist on a safari experiences a very close encounter with a young leopard that nearly goes wrong.<br /><br />The footage, captured in Okavango Delta in northern Botswana, shows the leopard approaching a jeep and sniffing the tourist’s leg before scratching it with its claws - leaving him with a bleeding wound. <br /><br />Aware of the danger, the jeep driver quickly turns on the vehicle to escape.<br /><br />The feline then can be seen getting away from the vehicle - seemingly scared by the sound of the jeep engine.<br /><br />The man writes: ‘’Our tracker came upon this young leopard resting after a recent impala kill that was about 20 yards away. <br /><br />‘’As we were viewing the leopard about 15 feet away he got up and approached the vehicle where I was sitting with my legs crossed. <br /><br />‘’Our tracker told me not to move so I didn’t.<br /><br />''Amazingly, I wasn’t frightened at all.<br /><br />''He just seemed like a big pussycat.''<br /><br />The clip was filmed on April 5.
