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Sri Lanka: At Least 18 Injured After Elephants Stampede During Religious Festival (Video)
« on: September 10, 2019, 10:03:59 pm »
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At Least 18 Injured After Elephants Stampede During Religious Festival
By Isabel van Brugen
September 10, 2019 Updated: September 10, 2019

At least 18 people were injured during a parade on Sept. 7 for the Esala Perahera festival in Sri Lanka after an elephant taking part charged through the streets and trampled members of the crowd.

Footage of the festival showed the moment when an ornately dressed elephant in the streets of Kotte, near Colombo, became unnerved by a crowd of people behind it and suddenly charged forward, causing the crowd to disperse and flee from its path in terror.

(Video at link)

The animal, which was covered in bright lights as it took part in the parade, then sharply turned around a corner, causing the person riding it to fall off. The man narrowly escaped being trampled.

Read more at: https://www.theepochtimes.com/at-least-18-injured-after-elephants-stampede-during-religious-festival_3075746.html

Video at link, pretty curious to watch.
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Re: Sri Lanka: At Least 18 Injured After Elephants Stampede During Religious Festival (Video)
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2019, 10:22:52 pm »
I watched the video closely, it sort of appears to me like some people are running behind the elephant at the opening of the video and it startles that big ol' elephant.
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