An elephant never forgets

OT: anything goes!

Moderator: Edi

Post Reply
User avatar
muse
Jedi Council Member
Posts: 1815
Joined: 2003-11-26 07:04pm

An elephant never forgets

Post by muse »

Newsweek linky
An elephant that killed a woman in India returned to her funeral and trampled on her corpse, local police have said.

The 70-year-old woman, Maya Murmu, was attacked by the wild elephant as she walked to collect water in Odisha's Mayurbhanj district, Indian news outlet The Print reported.

The elephant had strayed from the Dalma Wildlife Sanctuary, which lies about 10 miles from the city of Jamshedpur.

After the elephant attacked Murmu, she was rushed to hospital, but she succumbed to her injuries, Lopamudra Nayak, an inspector at the Rasgovindpur police station, told The Print.

Later, as family members gathered to perform a funeral for Murmu, the wild tusker appeared once again.

It approached the pyre and grabbed the body, The Print reported. The elephant then trampled on her body again, and threw it away before fleeing.

The funeral was completed a few hours later.
It appears the elephant took something rather personally.
ø¤ º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø
Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur.
(Whatever is said in Latin sounds profound.)

I like Celine Dion myself. Her ballads alone....they make me go all teary-eyed and shit.
- Havok
User avatar
Broomstick
Emperor's Hand
Posts: 28830
Joined: 2004-01-02 07:04pm
Location: Industrial armpit of the US Midwest

Re: An elephant never forgets

Post by Broomstick »

Yeah, you really have to wonder about the backstory on that one....
A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. Leonard Nimoy.

Now I did a job. I got nothing but trouble since I did it, not to mention more than a few unkind words as regard to my character so let me make this abundantly clear. I do the job. And then I get paid.- Malcolm Reynolds, Captain of Serenity, which sums up my feelings regarding the lawsuit discussed here.

If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich. - John F. Kennedy

Sam Vimes Theory of Economic Injustice
User avatar
Raw Shark
Stunt Driver / Babysitter
Posts: 7872
Joined: 2005-11-24 09:35am
Location: One Mile Up

Re: An elephant never forgets

Post by Raw Shark »

Ganesha is usually pretty chill, but filming GILF porn in his temple really honks him off.

"Do I really look like a guy with a plan? Y'know what I am? I'm a dog chasing cars. I wouldn't know what to do with one if I caught it! Y'know, I just do things..." --The Joker
Post Reply