Mandla is my backyard, I am a proud resident of the city of Jabalpur just a little north of mandla, I have never really heard of this story, I am a history nerd and I love finding history about my city and the surrounding area. I inform you that this video has reached the place where it is based in.
I mean i started suspecting that this was just a "creepy pasta" fake story when the HUGE elephant "sneaked" behind the men going to hunt it and massacred them. A lot of the narrative seems like reading Indiana Jones. so much so I found it hard to hold back my disbelief. anyways.. pizza and prosperity to u.
@@purplewabbit7848 well this is what happens many times when it comes to history, certain details may be exaggerated or just 'hear say' but the general story checks out, about the existance of such an elephant and the hunting party led by the two brits assigned to hunt the elephant down.
@@rosaoddin4338Yep elephants have pads on their feet even the description of the elephant stomping here is likely a massive exaggeration as elephants can be completely silent.
The question "think of a dangerous animal" reminded me of the time I (a visitor to the country) was walking through an Australian field at night and we found ourselves in the midst of a mob of kangaroos. "Just don't provoke them" said my friends, then one proceeded to make kangaroo noises at them while the other sang the Skippy theme. We all survived.
Standing upright is how you provoke horny male kangaroos (it's what male kangaroos do to eachother), so you can make yourself smaller to be safe. That said random attacks can happen, there's an account of chasing down and mauling a jogger for example. They're not very intelligent, but the big ones have the potential to kick your ribs in, or drown your dog. Koalas are less intelligent still, if you startle one on the ground it can try to climb you like a tree, mauling you in the process. Emus, unlike Cassowaries, aren't typically dangerous. They tend to properly avoid people, I don't see them very often.
Thank you, dear friend, for this story. I have a deep love and a world of respect for these amazing creatures. Loneliness and mental abuse kill them, too, and in more ways than one. I was absolutely certain at the beginning of this story that there was something wrong with this animal. Again, thank you for your tireless work and your compassion.
I had not heard this story before, thank you for sharing it with us. The part where the elephant lifted the roof and felt around gave me goosebumps! Terrifying stuff.
I would like to tell you a little anecdote. This elephant is not the only bull that has been on a killing spree. It happened that in an African national park it was noticed that dead animals were repeatedly being found for no apparent reason. These were hippos, rhinos, etc. The rangers immediately knew that the killer had to be an elephant. And they found this elephant. It was a young bull elephant that behaved very aggressively towards other animals for no apparent reason. For example, he tried to sexually mount a rhino, and when that failed, he threw a tree trunk at the rhino and almost killed it with his tusks. The rhino was very lucky to come out of this scene alive. People puzzled for a long time about what could have caused this behavior and then found the explanation. To understand this, you have to look at the social structure of elephants and how bulls grow up in it. Normally, bulls leave the herd at a certain age and become loners from that point on. But their education is not yet complete. From that point on, they usually join older bulls who are able to provide guard rails for the unbridled, testosterone-charged behavior of their young. From them, the adolescent bulls learn when enough is enough, what is okay, and when they are overstepping boundaries. And that is exactly where the problem lay, because decades of poaching these very large bulls meant that the adolescent bulls were increasingly unable to find older bulls to take on this task.
Your account of the unusual behaviour in the elephant reminds me of the difficulties in rearing some of the macropod (kangaroo) species. (Context: young are sometimes found in the pouch of a female who was killed by being hit by a car). For a long time, it was the limited understanding of the chemistry of their milk preventing successfully rearing a joey to the point of it being able to be released back into ’the wild’. More recently it was discovered that a male joey requires the socialisation derived from a mob of kangaroos in order to survive. A young male raised without the behaviour limitations placed on him by bigger males will get stimulated by the first females he contacts and will initiate some sexual behaviour. At this point, the alpha male comes over and kills him. The end.
@@erikramaekers63its bc of humans he was probably abused his whole life by humans mix that in with being the a escapee with no other elephants around to interact with n u have a elephant on a rampage but it's always humans fault we destroy everything smh
Geez, what a gruesome yet tragic story. I imagine that elephant had to go through some sort of trauma involving humans to have that much of a vendetta against them. Very high quality video as always my friend. Job well done.
Yes. In India, people often use fire and weapons to scare herds away. Some go too far. One particularly gruesome case was someone left explosive laden pineapple for elephants which killed a pregnant female elephant.
I heard of an African elephant once whose mother was k*lled by a poacher, and he spent several weeks hunting him down and then k*lled him as revenge. To be honest, I actually think that elephants are smarter than humans.
You should also cover the true story of a female Asian elephant from Northeat India (Northern West Bengal to be specific) that would not only kill human but actually eat part of them. When it was finally taken down, human parts were found in its gut and mouth (if I remember correctly). It is from my hometown and I remember following the whole story on the news. I would also like to add that such attacks are generally results of extensive trauma or bad experiences that animals receive from humans. Given the intelligence and really good memory, elephants are known to take revenge.
Bro you made this into a real life horror story especially 20:50 serial killer elephant and the way you narrated the trunk moving into the house, oh lord I can see it now Inches away from the man kneeling down holding his wife mouth as if not to scream oh it gave me chills. And near the end were they nearly shot the female I'd like to think the moving around was the bull interacting with the female meaning after words she would carry his kin or if that's what happened afterword's. This is probably my favourite video of yours yet! well done on making an actual horror animal movie.
Thanks for the kind words. That's an interesting theory about the female, but the colonel's writings end shortly after the death of the bull, so I don't know what happened with the female.
Another thing about musth is that the presence of other, specifically older bulls can lessen the affects of musth. Due to cullings, and that poachers actively seek out older elephants for their larger tusks, this left nothing to limit musth in the fewer young bulls, which lead to their rampage. Especially since the main target of an elephant in musth are other bull elephants. The mandla bull probably was decently old given its size, but being so isolated from not just other bulls, but elephants in general left it with no outlet for its musth other than villagers.
That’s is true the older bulls prevent the younger ones from going to crazy. Sadly as you stated the older bulls are few and far between since poachers sadly exist.
The problem with the rhino killing elephants turned out to be that the culling program had created a bunch of teenage bull elphants who were without guidence and going through musk way too early. It was solved when several adult bull elephants were brought to that area and released. Just their presence caused the young bulls to drop out of musk and the adult bulls actually put a stop to any misbehavior that occured anywhere near them. Which had a lot of indications of what little people knew about the social interactions of bull elpehants.
Such an interesting story they should make a movie out of this and not only was this bull was rampaging mad but this creature was intelligence avoiding hunters attacking at night I never heard of an elephant eating a person this is the first he was not behaving like any ordinary killer the jungles of India are massive but something that big that can avoid detection and comes out of nowhere is scary and baffling
Brilliant video as usual mate, this story I have never heard before so thank you for lots of new information and education. I would work with horses, and a lot of people tend to forget how powerful herbivores can be. If 700kg has a issue you know about it, I couldn’t imagine 7000kg
Elephants are so powerful, almost beyond comprehension. Imagine being in a field at night, hearing the jungle around the field move. Hearing no footsteps other than branches crack and leaves move. You climb down, fleeing into your village, hoping you make it in time. Then reaching the village... feeling a bit more safe. Until you hear the almost silent footfalls again. The fact that this elephant is looking for people, going to each house is just terrifying. Their intelligence is their biggest advantage.
Elephants are of course very intelligent and this allows for them to have varied personalities. You see it in monkeys also, and dolphins. Among them there are psychotic individuals.
Concerning the rogue elephants in Africa, those left after "culling", one documentary theorized that the young elephants had no guidance and discipline from elders, and so did not develop prescribed social behaviors towards other species. One way of putting it, they never grew up, and retained only volatile teenager mentalities, as well as being deprived of normal herd life. Normally, the big bulls of the herd would have "advised" them of their proper place and required behavior.
I really liked this one. Despite being a killer, I feel for the elephant. Like you said, he probably acted like this because of PTSD. I'd like to say that story like this are a reminder to not abuse animals and nature in general, but I know that as humans we'll keep abusing everything.
@@HurricaneGilma didnt you hear the end? the animal wasnt a monster....it was most likely abused by its previous owner which is and was common in that country when it comes to owning any animal
@HurricaneGilma they probably killed its baby or mate when the elephants were foraging in their farmlands so it developed an intense hatred for humans
I saw your video about orcas and pilot whales. Did you consider covering fact that humpback whales are know for "attacking" orca pods in order to protect other animals. 👍 nice video.
Big, angry herbivores will always be pure nightmare fuel for me AT least with meat eaters, depending on the situation, you can scare them away, or look intimidating enought so that they assume trying to kill you is a too big of a risk for their health and back away But when a big herbivore is angry enought, nothing will stop its rage. No tactic, weapon or building shall stand on its way.
I'm truly not sure if you read your comments but I've now watched/listened to (audio while I work) all of your man eater or targeting animal stories & have to say you're the best with telling these stories I've heard. Some almost put me to sleep or make me lose interest fairly quickly while others are over exaggerative which I find annoying & have to move on but your voice & the way you tell these stories is perfect in my opinion. You have a nack for this in my opinion & these types of stories are beyond interesting to me. I just figured I'd comment & compliment. As a guy with adhd/ocd & an interest in the times animals win for once lol, please keep these coming! Some type of audio book would be kick @$$ . Look forward to more bud. Great job!
As many have said, elephants are one of the intelligent species of animals who understand and practice revenge. This bull may have been attacked by humans, saw his mother or mate killed, or any number of other circumstances.
@@SamBrickellthat is a stupid, comment. There is a reason that Elephants become enraged , had enough of human cruelty , stupidity and tasting human blood will make the Elephant crazy and yes, that animal needs to be destroyed. Humans do not need trauma to kill, some make the choice to kill because they simply want to, enjoy it. We do not need a reason just the twisted desire to inflict pain., history is a story of human to human killing. We are the Problem that wild animals have to deal with. We take more often than give back. Destroy the land and other animals, use cruel methods to subdue them, slaughter at will by poachers with traps, corner them into small areas, we are constantly moving the rules. Now we have urban raccoons, foxes, pumas and coyotes in human settlements not always just in 3rd world countries. Stupid humans may feed wild creatures who than become addicted to feeding and can become aggressive if a human does not, like monkeys for reference. We keep living in their territories Many animals are territorial , making them aggressive. We humans are the issue way to many times, but the animals often pay our stupidity with their lives. I feel enormous sadness for such creatures who have been so traumatized by humans to the point it mentally breaks and starts killing. We all have a point of no return. I believe murders, rapists, child molesters, slavers, and drug dealers should be shot. However, bleeding hearts think we should just jail them for a few years to fix the problem that one bullet or hangman’s noose would fix that person’s rampage on innocent victims. Forget the “ deterrent”. Having a death penalty is not a deterrent for many killers, however, it fulfills the legal blood debt of a killer to the dead and society and that is why it was instituted. This applies to animals that kill humans as well. Hope I have explained this concept well for you to think about.
What would also be some interesting additional information in this story, especially for those that enjoy the Safari books, would be the specific weapons and calibers used to dispatch the rouge elephant, as many times as they had to shoot the elephant before he went down, it doesn't sound like they were using any of the famous Safari guns or calibers designed specifically for large animals like elephants.
Around 1999 in Zimbabwe (Kariba) there was an elephant with one tusk that chased and killed people, until the game rangers shot it down. I remember it well cause my dad had connections with the game rangers, came home with elephant Biltong.
This should definitely be a movie. Unique and horrifying antagonist. Opening scene showing the young elephant being brutally mistreated. Flashback from the elephant’s perspective showing it kill its abusive owner and escape. End with the quote “the same cruelty which turned it into a terror also sealed its fate.” What more do we need??
"Most people don't think of herbivores." They obviously don't live in moose country! I'd rather take on a black bear than a rutting male moose any day! They are absolutely huge and terrifying. I got "escorted" out of a wild life area on fall night by one in my early 20's. Was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.
As for herbivores being dangerous, if you don't 'observe proper protocols, a nanny goat can harm you. All it takes is one cow to have a resentful attitude and you might not get gored, but, knocked down and stepped on.
the period you talk about where young bulls attacked and killed rhinos were due to culling, but not because they were traumatized, they simply lacked adult bulls to learn from. Once they introduced older bulls into the area the young subadult males stopped going into musth and thus stopped attacking rhinos and hippos.
Bulls are already extremely aggressive, but i think any person who has trauma or PTSD can attest to a surge in hormones bringing out the worst in us, relative to our pain. Combine that with being a 2000+lb animal, and my god. I don’t blame the animal. I’m sure most he killed truly didn’t deserve it, but regardless, it’s just a tragic situation. The hubris of man is his greatest demise.
One of the most wild elephant attacks I heard of from India is from Northeast India and an elderly woman that was 70 years old was down at the lake getting water and she was coming back from the lake when an elephant noticed her it came and completely trampled her then she was rushed to the hospital where she later died a few hours later they had her funeral and the elephant and other members of its heard came back and attacked her funeral and they trampled her body again then they went through the village and found her house and destroyed her home no one else in the village lost their home or their life only her they were just hell-bent on wiping this woman from existence the craziest part is this elephant and it's heard traveled hundreds and hundreds of miles across India just to attack her in her Hood I mean that is f****** crazy honestly I think that incident sounds like it might have some motive like maybe she did something to it and didn't even realize it or she caused its baby to die or something and it hates her because elephants have been known to take revenge oh and if you know where to look there's video footage of them attacking her funeral and pictures of the aftermath of them finding her house
Perhaps the man trapped between his trunks was spared because he reminded the bull of someone who had been kind to him in his youth. They say Elephants never forget.
I mean it’s really not lmao. We’ll never EVER know why he spared that single man, and any hypothesis is worthy of consideration. It’s VERY strange that the one man was spared
Heyo wild world. Big fan and this has once again been a great video. Have you maybe considered doing a measure video on nurse sharks? Not the most spectaculair shark I know, but they are my favourites and the focus of my study at this point in time. I'm a couple days late for this video unfortunately so i'll ask in the next one too :) Until then keep it up! And stay Coelacanthing!
@@wildworld6264 Bigelow (1949) has some pretty huge claims and that one has indisputably cited for years only until Castro (2000) made the claim that the size was probably exaggerated. Castro estimated himself that the maximum size would be 280cm, he made that claim out of excising research however, which did tend to be all over the place. There was a source that had said that the maximum size would be bigger, but i have to find that one again as i didn't end up using it. Size is still not finished, i had more to get to about them so i left it open and used Castro for the most part. He has a lot of sources on size you could find through him, but the book: "sharks of the world: an annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species"(compagno, 2001) [193] also has information about all kinds of stuff about them including size (and it is a great read regardless)
I had no idea where 'Mandla' was in the world, but combine that with the words killer elephant, i instantly knew this would be India. And also, WTF "Other duties" could be more important than a killer elephant?? Or mebe its the people getting killed that are not more important than 'other duties'? Anyway, if the elephant was unusually large, it likely had a hormonal imbalance, which, when combined with musth would make it exceedingly aggressive.
When you ask me to think of a dangerous animal I think of, Man, when I'm out alone, camping alone, the biggest threat to me is humans. I am however very afraid of bears mountain lions and hippopotamus
Great vid thank you. I heard you mention the man eater of Asola or something like that, do you have a video on that please, would love to see it. Thank you.
Wild World i never imagined my comment on your last video to become true🥺 Thankyou so much for everything you do for us! We love these kinds of videos.
This Rouge Elephant likely a lone survivor in its teen years of a poachers massacre of his Herd. As he escaped and grew, he was all alone with deep memories of the love he had with his herd, the resentment of the sight of losing that love made him to be a HATER OF MAN FOR LIFE. This is likely the scenario of a rouge male elephant without a Herd and moving around looking for other Herds to be with but only saw humans.
I can't help but to feel sadness for the elephant how he was treated and abused. Can't blame him either. It's a shame they killed him. Nowadays he probably would have been trapped sedated and taken to some kind of sanctuary/zoo or other. Thank you 💛 I really enjoyed this docu. Please send more!
Those Elephants in Africa were young males and were killing the rinos didn’t have any dominant Bulls in their heard . The killings didn’t stop until they introduced a bull elephant . They didn’t know how to behave until the bull had been introduced. You should be able to find the documentary about it still !
"A Elephant never forgets, so pray he forgives..."
I can see that being the tag to an elephant horror movie.. why don't we have elephant horror movies?
THAT QUOTE GOES HARD
@@mrex855499% of elephants are peaceful
@@mrex8554 It's hard to get an elephant into monster makeup 😌
Only in countries that don't have large caliber guns in the peoples hands.
Mandla is my backyard, I am a proud resident of the city of Jabalpur just a little north of mandla, I have never really heard of this story, I am a history nerd and I love finding history about my city and the surrounding area. I inform you that this video has reached the place where it is based in.
I mean i started suspecting that this was just a "creepy pasta" fake story when the HUGE elephant "sneaked" behind the men going to hunt it and massacred them. A lot of the narrative seems like reading Indiana Jones. so much so I found it hard to hold back my disbelief. anyways.. pizza and prosperity to u.
@@purplewabbit7848 well this is what happens many times when it comes to history, certain details may be exaggerated or just 'hear say' but the general story checks out, about the existance of such an elephant and the hunting party led by the two brits assigned to hunt the elephant down.
Actually, I’ve read in various sources, that elephants despite their bulk, can tread very softly.
@@rosaoddin4338Yep elephants have pads on their feet even the description of the elephant stomping here is likely a massive exaggeration as elephants can be completely silent.
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The question "think of a dangerous animal" reminded me of the time I (a visitor to the country) was walking through an Australian field at night and we found ourselves in the midst of a mob of kangaroos. "Just don't provoke them" said my friends, then one proceeded to make kangaroo noises at them while the other sang the Skippy theme. We all survived.
Congratulations mate, you just saw how Australia created Steve Irwin.
I read that as “thick and dangerous animals” at first
@@lilz I mean, Elephants are pretty thicccccc
Standing upright is how you provoke horny male kangaroos (it's what male kangaroos do to eachother), so you can make yourself smaller to be safe. That said random attacks can happen, there's an account of chasing down and mauling a jogger for example. They're not very intelligent, but the big ones have the potential to kick your ribs in, or drown your dog.
Koalas are less intelligent still, if you startle one on the ground it can try to climb you like a tree, mauling you in the process.
Emus, unlike Cassowaries, aren't typically dangerous. They tend to properly avoid people, I don't see them very often.
Wouldn't provoke a deer abusing steroids
Thank you, dear friend, for this story.
I have a deep love and a world of respect for these amazing creatures. Loneliness and mental abuse kill them, too, and in more ways than one. I was absolutely certain at the beginning of this story that there was something wrong with this animal.
Again, thank you for your tireless work and your compassion.
As always, thank you so much for watching and for your comments.
❤️
I had not heard this story before, thank you for sharing it with us.
The part where the elephant lifted the roof and felt around gave me goosebumps! Terrifying stuff.
I would like to tell you a little anecdote. This elephant is not the only bull that has been on a killing spree. It happened that in an African national park it was noticed that dead animals were repeatedly being found for no apparent reason. These were hippos, rhinos, etc. The rangers immediately knew that the killer had to be an elephant. And they found this elephant. It was a
young bull elephant that behaved very aggressively towards other animals for no apparent reason. For example, he tried to sexually mount a rhino, and when that failed, he threw a tree trunk
at the rhino and almost killed it with his tusks. The rhino was very lucky to come out of this scene alive. People puzzled for a long time about what could have caused this behavior and then
found the explanation. To understand this, you have to look at the social structure of elephants and how bulls grow up in it. Normally, bulls leave the herd at a certain age and become loners
from that point on. But their education is not yet complete. From that point on, they usually join older bulls who are able to provide guard rails for the unbridled, testosterone-charged behavior
of their young. From them, the adolescent bulls learn when enough is enough, what is okay, and when they are overstepping boundaries. And that is exactly where the problem lay, because decades of poaching these very large bulls meant that the adolescent bulls were increasingly unable to find older bulls to take on this task.
Same thing happens when cops take out the older leadership of a street gang.
Your account of the unusual behaviour in the elephant reminds me of the difficulties in rearing some of the macropod (kangaroo) species. (Context: young are sometimes found in the pouch of a female who was killed by being hit by a car). For a long time, it was the limited understanding of the chemistry of their milk preventing successfully rearing a joey to the point of it being able to be released back into ’the wild’. More recently it was discovered that a male joey requires the socialisation derived from a mob of kangaroos in order to survive. A young male raised without the behaviour limitations placed on him by bigger males will get stimulated by the first females he contacts and will initiate some sexual behaviour. At this point, the alpha male comes over and kills him. The end.
All I can say is...
Thank you very much for posting
Thank you very much for watching!
This should be a movie. Could actually be an awesome horror movie kinda like The Ghost and the Darkness
I agree but maybe with a backstory why he became a killer
One of my favourite movies that. Whenever I remember it I imagine tall grass blowing in the wind.
Great idea
@@erikramaekers63its bc of humans he was probably abused his whole life by humans mix that in with being the a escapee with no other elephants around to interact with n u have a elephant on a rampage but it's always humans fault we destroy everything smh
The title: TRUNK 🐘
Geez, what a gruesome yet tragic story. I imagine that elephant had to go through some sort of trauma involving humans to have that much of a vendetta against them. Very high quality video as always my friend. Job well done.
Tyron had a rough childhood; that's why he shot up the liquor store.
Yes. In India, people often use fire and weapons to scare herds away. Some go too far. One particularly gruesome case was someone left explosive laden pineapple for elephants which killed a pregnant female elephant.
Gruesome, to say the least...
Maybe he understood how dangerous and greedy human collectives tend to be. Maybe he was just very aggressive. But also maybe you’re right
I heard of an African elephant once whose mother was k*lled by a poacher, and he spent several weeks hunting him down and then k*lled him as revenge.
To be honest, I actually think that elephants are smarter than humans.
You should also cover the true story of a female Asian elephant from Northeat India (Northern West Bengal to be specific) that would not only kill human but actually eat part of them. When it was finally taken down, human parts were found in its gut and mouth (if I remember correctly). It is from my hometown and I remember following the whole story on the news.
I would also like to add that such attacks are generally results of extensive trauma or bad experiences that animals receive from humans. Given the intelligence and really good memory, elephants are known to take revenge.
Of course. Humanity is at the root of basically all problems in this world.
Because of a desire to make money by any means necessary
Bullshit!!!
Idk if it’s true but I heard she did that because ppl killed her baby
Wait wtf I'm from north bengal why haven't I ever heard of this
Bro you made this into a real life horror story especially 20:50 serial killer elephant and the way you narrated the trunk moving into the house, oh lord I can see it now Inches away from the man kneeling down holding his wife mouth as if not to scream oh it gave me chills. And near the end were they nearly shot the female I'd like to think the moving around was the bull interacting with the female meaning after words she would carry his kin or if that's what happened afterword's. This is probably my favourite video of yours yet! well done on making an actual horror animal movie.
Thanks for the kind words. That's an interesting theory about the female, but the colonel's writings end shortly after the death of the bull, so I don't know what happened with the female.
Another thing about musth is that the presence of other, specifically older bulls can lessen the affects of musth.
Due to cullings, and that poachers actively seek out older elephants for their larger tusks, this left nothing to limit musth in the fewer young bulls, which lead to their rampage. Especially since the main target of an elephant in musth are other bull elephants.
The mandla bull probably was decently old given its size, but being so isolated from not just other bulls, but elephants in general left it with no outlet for its musth other than villagers.
Can I ask why “if there is a reason” do they call them bulls?
do you think conservation efforts could address the issues of musth in young bulls, particularly in light of poaching and habitat loss?
I saw a documentary about that, do you think that could be same for people?
@@AncientWildTV I would think the ideal would be to try to provide older bulls in areas lacking them.
That’s is true the older bulls prevent the younger ones from going to crazy. Sadly as you stated the older bulls are few and far between since poachers sadly exist.
As a guy who has spent his whole life with horses Mozart was one hell of a horse
Poor beast and poor villagers. What a mess 😢 Thank you for telling this story ❤ I really enjoy your narration!
Thanks for watching
@@wildworld6264 you are welcome and I hope you are doing well today.👍
@@wildworld6264 thanks for the heart it means a lot to me.💜
@@wildworld6264you're welcome ! Take care ❤
Story straight up out of a jurassic park movie lol, the way it is told makes you question if he is talking about an elephant or a t rex
The problem with the rhino killing elephants turned out to be that the culling program had created a bunch of teenage bull elphants who were without guidence and going through musk way too early. It was solved when several adult bull elephants were brought to that area and released. Just their presence caused the young bulls to drop out of musk and the adult bulls actually put a stop to any misbehavior that occured anywhere near them. Which had a lot of indications of what little people knew about the social interactions of bull elpehants.
Such an interesting story they should make a movie out of this and not only was this bull was rampaging mad but this creature was intelligence avoiding hunters attacking at night I never heard of an elephant eating a person this is the first he was not behaving like any ordinary killer the jungles of India are massive but something that big that can avoid detection and comes out of nowhere is scary and baffling
Brilliant video as usual mate, this story I have never heard before so thank you for lots of new information and education.
I would work with horses, and a lot of people tend to forget how powerful herbivores can be. If 700kg has a issue you know about it, I couldn’t imagine 7000kg
This came up as I'm finishing work...pedalling hard to get home 😂
i bet you had a nice video to watch while eating dinnee
@prakharkhandelwal6041 oh yes!
Elephants are so powerful, almost beyond comprehension. Imagine being in a field at night, hearing the jungle around the field move. Hearing no footsteps other than branches crack and leaves move. You climb down, fleeing into your village, hoping you make it in time. Then reaching the village... feeling a bit more safe. Until you hear the almost silent footfalls again. The fact that this elephant is looking for people, going to each house is just terrifying. Their intelligence is their biggest advantage.
Well it’s not like their houses can protect them way too frail.
And don't think you can outrun them either, we can't
I mean, their true biggest advantage is that they're the largest land animal.
Elephants are of course very intelligent and this allows for them to have varied personalities. You see it in monkeys also, and dolphins. Among them there are psychotic individuals.
...that was worth the wait. Chilling story.
Thanks very much. Hope you had a nice cycle
@wildworld6264 it was emotional lol 😆 😂 thanks again for providing great content 👏
Dude, content wise, this is a great freaking video. Well done.
This is a fascinating story and really changes the preconceptions of how I think of elephants.
Great work.
That's very kind of you, thanks 😊
Love this video man! Encouraging you to keep up the good work. God bless you!
I recommend looking into the story of Peer Bux. Another elephant turned man killer story that I think you would find interesting to tackle
Villegers killed the entire Hard of the elephant and he took revenge from the locals ...
Fascinating account. Thank you for posting. Your explanation for why the elephant turned out the way he did is very plausible.
Concerning the rogue elephants in Africa, those left after "culling", one documentary theorized that the young elephants had no guidance and discipline from elders, and so did not develop prescribed social behaviors towards other species. One way of putting it, they never grew up, and retained only volatile teenager mentalities, as well as being deprived of normal herd life. Normally, the big bulls of the herd would have "advised" them of their proper place and required behavior.
I really liked this one. Despite being a killer, I feel for the elephant. Like you said, he probably acted like this because of PTSD. I'd like to say that story like this are a reminder to not abuse animals and nature in general, but I know that as humans we'll keep abusing everything.
My first thought is what the FUCK did those people do to that elephant? Dear god.
Nothing, it’s a monster by nature like most serial killers.
@@HurricaneGilmayou do know elephants are herbivores. They wouldn’t just start eating humans for no reason
@@HurricaneGilma didnt you hear the end? the animal wasnt a monster....it was most likely abused by its previous owner which is and was common in that country when it comes to owning any animal
@HurricaneGilma they probably killed its baby or mate when the elephants were foraging in their farmlands so it developed an intense hatred for humans
I saw your video about orcas and pilot whales. Did you consider covering fact that humpback whales are know for "attacking" orca pods in order to protect other animals. 👍 nice video.
Great suggestion!
I LOVE YOU WILD WORLD!! made my night
Thank you so much!
Big, angry herbivores will always be pure nightmare fuel for me
AT least with meat eaters, depending on the situation, you can scare them away, or look intimidating enought so that they assume trying to kill you is a too big of a risk for their health and back away
But when a big herbivore is angry enought, nothing will stop its rage. No tactic, weapon or building shall stand on its way.
I'm truly not sure if you read your comments but I've now watched/listened to (audio while I work) all of your man eater or targeting animal stories & have to say you're the best with telling these stories I've heard. Some almost put me to sleep or make me lose interest fairly quickly while others are over exaggerative which I find annoying & have to move on but your voice & the way you tell these stories is perfect in my opinion. You have a nack for this in my opinion & these types of stories are beyond interesting to me.
I just figured I'd comment & compliment. As a guy with adhd/ocd & an interest in the times animals win for once lol, please keep these coming! Some type of audio book would be kick @$$ .
Look forward to more bud. Great job!
As many have said, elephants are one of the intelligent species of animals who understand and practice revenge. This bull may have been attacked by humans, saw his mother or mate killed, or any number of other circumstances.
Do you make excuses for human serial killers or arsonists or vandals?
@@SamBrickellthat is a stupid, comment. There is a reason that Elephants become enraged , had enough of human cruelty , stupidity and tasting human blood will make the Elephant crazy and yes, that animal needs to be destroyed. Humans do not need trauma to kill, some make the choice to kill because they simply want to, enjoy it. We do not need a reason just the twisted desire to inflict pain., history is a story of human to human killing. We are the Problem that wild animals have to deal with. We take more often than give back. Destroy the land and other animals, use cruel methods to subdue them, slaughter at will by poachers with traps, corner them into small areas, we are constantly moving the rules. Now we have urban raccoons, foxes, pumas and coyotes in human settlements not always just in 3rd world countries. Stupid humans may feed wild creatures who than become addicted to feeding and can become aggressive if a human does not, like monkeys for reference. We keep living in their territories Many animals are territorial , making them aggressive. We humans are the issue way to many times, but the animals often pay our stupidity with their lives. I feel enormous sadness for such creatures who have been so traumatized by humans to the point it mentally breaks and starts killing. We all have a point of no return. I believe murders, rapists, child molesters, slavers, and drug dealers should be shot. However, bleeding hearts think we should just jail them for a few years to fix the problem that one bullet or hangman’s noose would fix that person’s rampage on innocent victims. Forget the “ deterrent”. Having a death penalty is not a deterrent for many killers, however, it fulfills the legal blood debt of a killer to the dead and society and that is why it was instituted. This applies to animals that kill humans as well. Hope I have explained this concept well for you to think about.
Made my night, this is the best horror story ive heard in years
The silent village part is absolutely butt hole clenching! Who needs jason when you have a pissed of bull elephant! Man!
What an incredibly beautiful, & not so beautiful story. Interesting, informative & exceptionally well done, absolutely it is 🫶🌹
What would also be some interesting additional information in this story, especially for those that enjoy the Safari books, would be the specific weapons and calibers used to dispatch the rouge elephant, as many times as they had to shoot the elephant before he went down, it doesn't sound like they were using any of the famous Safari guns or calibers designed specifically for large animals like elephants.
Around 1999 in Zimbabwe (Kariba) there was an elephant with one tusk that chased and killed people, until the game rangers shot it down. I remember it well cause my dad had connections with the game rangers, came home with elephant Biltong.
This should definitely be a movie. Unique and horrifying antagonist. Opening scene showing the young elephant being brutally mistreated. Flashback from the elephant’s perspective showing it kill its abusive owner and escape. End with the quote “the same cruelty which turned it into a terror also sealed its fate.” What more do we need??
Imagine that, an elephant consuming human flash. Sounds like a horror movie.
That was an awesome video!
Glad you liked it!
"Most people don't think of herbivores." They obviously don't live in moose country! I'd rather take on a black bear than a rutting male moose any day! They are absolutely huge and terrifying. I got "escorted" out of a wild life area on fall night by one in my early 20's. Was one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.
As for herbivores being dangerous, if you don't 'observe proper protocols, a nanny goat can harm you. All it takes is one cow to have a resentful attitude and you might not get gored, but, knocked down and stepped on.
0:30, elaphants and hippos are the 1st thing in my mind for a reason, this is why.
An angry elephant. Nature's bulldozer, intelligent, well-armed, enormously strong. No other animal comes close
the period you talk about where young bulls attacked and killed rhinos were due to culling, but not because they were traumatized, they simply lacked adult bulls to learn from. Once they introduced older bulls into the area the young subadult males stopped going into musth and thus stopped attacking rhinos and hippos.
Bulls are already extremely aggressive, but i think any person who has trauma or PTSD can attest to a surge in hormones bringing out the worst in us, relative to our pain. Combine that with being a 2000+lb animal, and my god. I don’t blame the animal. I’m sure most he killed truly didn’t deserve it, but regardless, it’s just a tragic situation. The hubris of man is his greatest demise.
12,000 pounds your off by a factor of 6
I sure wonder what happened to that elephant that made him so so so angry..
Bro thank you for informing us of this story. I love your narration... I'm so happy I found your channel!!!
Thank you so much for the kind words and support! It means a lot, and I really appreciate it.
One of the most wild elephant attacks I heard of from India is from Northeast India and an elderly woman that was 70 years old was down at the lake getting water and she was coming back from the lake when an elephant noticed her it came and completely trampled her then she was rushed to the hospital where she later died a few hours later they had her funeral and the elephant and other members of its heard came back and attacked her funeral and they trampled her body again then they went through the village and found her house and destroyed her home no one else in the village lost their home or their life only her they were just hell-bent on wiping this woman from existence the craziest part is this elephant and it's heard traveled hundreds and hundreds of miles across India just to attack her in her Hood I mean that is f****** crazy honestly I think that incident sounds like it might have some motive like maybe she did something to it and didn't even realize it or she caused its baby to die or something and it hates her because elephants have been known to take revenge oh and if you know where to look there's video footage of them attacking her funeral and pictures of the aftermath of them finding her house
I wonder what she did to them?
Now that's a movie!
What a story thanks for sharing, Who was Bloomfield in British Era India.
Cycling through London this time of the evening...talk about a white knuckle ride 😂😂 anyhow, I'm in and watching 👀
Far to many people think they could 1v1 animals that would destroy them..
I heard a guy that said they could easily kill a T-Rex💀
@Blexxstar maybe with two miles up hill with clear sightlines and a 50cal lol
Perhaps the man trapped between his trunks was spared because he reminded the bull of someone who had been kind to him in his youth.
They say Elephants never forget.
That's dumb.
I mean it’s really not lmao. We’ll never EVER know why he spared that single man, and any hypothesis is worthy of consideration. It’s VERY strange that the one man was spared
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@@faefiercevulpine6990"ANY hypothesis?" no. Definitely not any hypothesis.
Any REASONABLE one sure.
Heyo wild world. Big fan and this has once again been a great video. Have you maybe considered doing a measure video on nurse sharks? Not the most spectaculair shark I know, but they are my favourites and the focus of my study at this point in time. I'm a couple days late for this video unfortunately so i'll ask in the next one too :)
Until then keep it up! And stay Coelacanthing!
Sure thing, adding it to the list. Since it's the focus of the study mind if I ask are there any particular papers/studies I should look at?
@@wildworld6264 Bigelow (1949) has some pretty huge claims and that one has indisputably cited for years only until Castro (2000) made the claim that the size was probably exaggerated. Castro estimated himself that the maximum size would be 280cm, he made that claim out of excising research however, which did tend to be all over the place. There was a source that had said that the maximum size would be bigger, but i have to find that one again as i didn't end up using it.
Size is still not finished, i had more to get to about them so i left it open and used Castro for the most part. He has a lot of sources on size you could find through him, but the book: "sharks of the world: an annotated and illustrated catalogue of shark species"(compagno, 2001) [193] also has information about all kinds of stuff about them including size (and it is a great read regardless)
“the moment an animal starts killing humans, it seals its fate”
Human phonk music
Bruh
Amazing video ❤
Harrowing and terrifying.......amazing story.......ty.
this was great.
How is this story not more well known? This is the first time I’ve ever heard of it or anything like it
I hate when people dramatize the heck out of stuff bc we really loose the real story
Elephants have an amazing sense of smell. These Jurassic park scenes don’t track w reality ..
when I think of danger I think of all of Australia
This sounds like it could be a good movie
I remember hearing hippos have bin reclassified as omnivores and that they even ingame in predation
I had no idea where 'Mandla' was in the world, but combine that with the words killer elephant, i instantly knew this would be India.
And also, WTF "Other duties" could be more important than a killer elephant?? Or mebe its the people getting killed that are not more important than 'other duties'?
Anyway, if the elephant was unusually large, it likely had a hormonal imbalance, which, when combined with musth would make it exceedingly aggressive.
This story itself was scary. The great narration made it horrifying 😂
Another brilliant video, thank you
Glad you enjoyed it
I need a monster movie that’s like this
Great video.
thank you.
I said Hippo's when you asked and before I got to the bit where you brought them up, I'm a genius, everyone please clap
When you ask me to think of a dangerous animal I think of, Man, when I'm out alone, camping alone, the biggest threat to me is humans. I am however very afraid of bears mountain lions and hippopotamus
Great vid thank you. I heard you mention the man eater of Asola or something like that, do you have a video on that please, would love to see it. Thank you.
Not yet!
After watching this, I see elephants from a new prospective now.
Wild World i never imagined my comment on your last video to become true🥺
Thankyou so much for everything you do for us!
We love these kinds of videos.
Thank you so much for watching ❤
Subtle, but editing of this one is a very good improvement over the older videos.
"Think of a dangerous animal"
Women
I guess serial killers aren't exclusive to humans after all.
Protect the Beautiful Elephants!!
Elephants don't have heavy footfalls. They can move stealthily through vegetation on their squishy padded feet.
Certainly they remember the mistreatment. Their intelligence caused them to hold grudges against those humans who had mistreated them.
Elephants are scarier than sharks. I can stay out of the ocean.
This Rouge Elephant likely a lone survivor in its teen years of a poachers massacre of his Herd. As he escaped and grew, he was all alone with deep memories of the love he had with his herd, the resentment of the sight of losing that love made him to be a HATER OF MAN FOR LIFE. This is likely the scenario of a rouge male elephant without a Herd and moving around looking for other Herds to be with but only saw humans.
Nice one! Great job!
"Oo look at the nice Elephant there's a good boy look he's waging his tail do you want something to eat big guy Ahh! ...DOH!
Almost 100k subs!
Kipling referred to this story (in passing) in The Jungle Book.
I get into musth during the fall, too.
Horrible business this bull elephant.
Wow! Just started watching this one! I can already tell I'm up for a great night 😎
Omg
I was just watching a video about this the other day that was a dramatized reading of this story 😮
The most probable is that that " killer" elephant was mistreated by humans, so, that's his revenge 😢
A man eater tiger might be confused for a rogue elephant.
I can't help but to feel sadness for the elephant how he was treated and abused. Can't blame him either. It's a shame they killed him. Nowadays he probably would have been trapped sedated and taken to some kind of sanctuary/zoo or other. Thank you 💛 I really enjoyed this docu. Please send more!
trapped and sedated with what in the 19th century
brockkomar4743 anything. They had some wild drugs in those days.
People are killed for meat everyday in those counties even kids by own parents I saw a true crime thing
Those Elephants in Africa were young males and were killing the rinos didn’t have any dominant Bulls in their heard . The killings didn’t stop until they introduced a bull elephant . They didn’t know how to behave until the bull had been introduced. You should be able to find the documentary about it still !
Hunting an elephant on the back on another elephant. Smart