Buriram couple in lucky escape after "Tank" the elephant destroys their house looking for jackfruit

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Daily News Caption: "Tank" destroyed my house

 

A married couple in the North East of Thailand told how they had a lucky escape after an elephant called Tank demolished their house.

 

Kanlaya, 55, related how she needed to relieve herself in the middle of the night so off she went to an outside toilet 10 meters from the house.

 

There in the dark she encountered Tank.

 

She dashed back to the house where her husband Prasit, 51, was still in the land of nod.

 

"There's an elephant!" she said as she roused him from his slumbers.

 

She crawled off leaving her husband to put on something decent and grab a few possessions.

 

Too late.

 

The elephant was bit by bit using its trunk to demolish the house and he seemed to be after Prasit.

 

Luckily wood fell on Prasit covering him and protecting him from the pachyderm's advances. The pesky beast gave up after five minutes and fled the scene. 

 

The couple called it a miracle that they survived.

 

It all went down in Ban Lam Nang Rong village in Non Din Daeng district of Buriram, as reported by Daily News. 

 

A local official confirmed the miscreant was Tank, a big 40 year old elephant that is one of 3 fitted with a GPS tracker. 

 

They think that Tank was attracted by the smell of ripe jackfruit.   

 

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[StayinThailand2much]

What's going on in Buriram? First the guy who torched his spirit-house cause he didn't win the lottery, and now this...

[wombat]

3 hours ago, StayinThailand2much said:

What's going on in Buriram? First the guy who torched his spirit-house cause he didn't win the lottery, and now this...

 

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

A married couple in the North East of Thailand told how they had a lucky escape after an elephant called Tank demolished their house

House... what house?