Elephant Takes Revenge on Train
An elephant whose calf was knocked down by a locomotive blocked the next train that passed and pummeled the engine until it could no longer run.
After banging her forehead against the engine for 15 minutes, the elephant walked off into the jungle, leaving about 200 passengers stranded for more than five hours, the Ittefaq newspaper reported Sunday.
The extent of the calf’s injuries was not known. The incident occurred Friday evening at Vanugach.
“I spotted the elephant less than a quarter mile away and blew the whistle to warn it,” engineer Arzoo Miah told the newspaper.
But the elephant did not budge. Miah halted the train a few yards from the animal, which came up and began butting it.
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