Picture: Sanook

 

Police, rescue services and park officials rushed to the scene after a 72 year old man was gored by the tusks of a large elephant outside his home near the Pa Ngam market in Chachoengsao, central/east Thailand.

 

A grisly scene greeted Sanamchai Khet police. Phaitoon had been gored in the abdomen and his intestines were flowing out. He also had a broken left thigh bone.

 

His wife Praneet, 64, said that her husband had awoken at 5 am and went to sit outside, part of his normal daily routine. She went back to sleep.

 

She was awoken by the sound of the chair that he used for sitting on the porch being dragged. 

 

Then she heard an elephant trumpet three times.

 

There was no hope when she found her husband. He said nothing and died.

 

Her grandson managed to run away behind the house.

 

It emerged that a group of people by the side of the road had been waiting to give alms to monks when the elephant appeared and chased them.

 

It then turned its attention to the old man who couldn't get away in time. 

 

Officials at the scene found the elephant's footprints to have a radius of 49-50 cms meaning that it was a very big creature probably 6 tons and fully grown, reported Sanook. 
 

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Not a nice way to go. Poor old fella.

I almost got bitten by a massive snake near 711 in a fairly big city, so anything is possible in LOS.   sad.

 

tiger, elephant, snake, black widow, croc, soi dogs, jealous ex-gf, jealous gf, wife, mia noi, etc...

 

it's LITERALLY a jungle out there

Living with nature brings it's own perils.