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Jon Lees

Owner Charles Fipke lucky to be alive after being stung over 2,000 times by swarm of wasps

Breeders’ Cup -winning racehorse owner Charles Fipke has revealed he is lucky to be alive after being stung over 2,000 times by a swarm of wasps.

Fipke, a multi-millionaire Canadian diamond prospector, was attacked while on holiday in Costa Rica where he was taking pictures of birds.

The 77-year-old forgot his glasses, managed to take a wrong turn and got lost as he made his way through the jungle.

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