they never forget...

By jp 03 Jan 2001

this taken from the asahi evening shinbun on my return flight from tokyo:

“GUWAHATI, India — A wild elephant pulled a man down from a tree, trampled him to death and for two weeks has refused to part with the corpse, police in northeast India said Sunday.

The man climed a tree to escape a herd of wild elephants rampaging through his village about 140 kilometers from Guwahti, the largest city in Assam.

One elephant grabbed him, pulled him to the ground and broke his legs.

“The elephant must have got even more irritated as the villagers were trying to free the man,” a forgest ranger said. “It trampled him to death and took the body along with him.”

That was two weeks ago, and the it been carrying the body around ever since, police said.”

wowee.