Nghe An: Friendly people hug wild elephants

(Baonghean.vn) - A clip of over 4 minutes long posted by a local on his personal Facebook page recorded a scene of some people holding a wild elephant, filming and taking pictures as if it were a regular pet. Strangely, this elephant living in the wild did not show any signs of fear to the local people, it even appeared to be very friendly.

Watch clip of wild elephants playing with people:

The above video was filmed by Mr. L. D. B (born 1983), a worker of a company located in Nghe An province, at around 11:00 p.m. on March 14, 2017, at Khe Nong B route, Chau Khe commune, Con Cuong district, in Pu Mat National Forest, Nghe An province.

A gentle elephant approaches the workers' accommodation on the night of March 14, 2017.

Talking to us, Mr. B. said that at around 10pm, everyone in the group was resting when they heard a strange sound. When they ran out, they saw an elephant approaching the excavator. At first, everyone was scared, but then they saw that the elephant did not show any signs of aggression, so they approached it to film and take pictures. The elephant also teased some people in the group with its trunk.

People stood next to it, took pictures and filmed and teased it until 2am, when it ran away into the deep forest.

The animal also appeared excited by the flash of the light.

Mr. Tran Xuan Cuong - Director of Pu Mat National Park, confirmed that the elephant in the above clip belongs to Pu Mat National Park. It is a lone female elephant that has lived in the area of ​​Chau Khe and Chi Khe communes for many years.

"We are currently drafting a document to send to the communes, advising strangers not to approach the elephant to prevent possible bad situations," Mr. Cuong added.

Previously, people in Phuc Son commune, Anh Son district often saw elephants from Pu Mat forest coming back and destroying some crops and belongings of people in this commune.

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