Survivor EP Mark Burnett Reveals Shocking Season 3 Moment That Almost Caused Disaster

Photo Credit: Michael Tullberg/Getty Images The elements that Survivor castaways endure to can be extremely dangerous. While the show is still going strong over two decades since its debut, many have questioned the environments some contestants have been put in. In the early 2000s, the show chose Kenya as its location for Season 3, entitled Survivor Africa. To this day, that is still among the toughest 39 days any castaways have ever gone through. Executive Producer Mark Burnett is opening up about how close they were to a complete calamity on that season. A lion got "within 12 inches" of . . .