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Horrifying moment man is trampled to death by elephant while trying to take a selfie
New York Post ^ | December 19, 2025 | 12:17pm

Posted on 12/23/2025 12:20:56 AM PST by nickcarraway

A 33-year-old villager was trampled to death by an elephant in India when he was trying to take a selfie with the animal. One witness said, "It was really terrifying.

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KEYWORDS: elephant; india; stampede
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1 posted on 12/23/2025 12:20:56 AM PST by nickcarraway
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To: nickcarraway

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2 posted on 12/23/2025 12:30:35 AM PST by Reverend Wright (Anschluss now !)
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Awe bummer. Now one of the most powerful and intelligent animals on the earth might be shot dead because a literal village idiot was practicing his craft.


3 posted on 12/23/2025 12:38:23 AM PST by know.your.why
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One witness said, "It was really terrifying stupid.
4 posted on 12/23/2025 12:47:09 AM PST by Bullish (My tagline ran off with another man, but it's okay... I wasn't married to it.)
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That depends on the observer. I think it is great, not horrible. I want elephants to obliterate anyone taking a selfie.


5 posted on 12/23/2025 1:28:09 AM PST by GingisK
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Elephants are being killed anyhow. Too Manny breeding and little predation.


6 posted on 12/23/2025 2:39:09 AM PST by Chickensoup
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To: nickcarraway

Nice.


7 posted on 12/23/2025 2:56:05 AM PST by nwrep
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To: GingisK

The quest for more followers results in the need for a bigger filter. Darwin never foresaw cell phones.


8 posted on 12/23/2025 3:00:22 AM PST by Kudsman
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To: nickcarraway

These are the people who are here in the US running our computers systems. This is not a joke.


9 posted on 12/23/2025 3:06:05 AM PST by jroehl (And how we burned in the camps later - Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn - The Gulag Archipelago)
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We have AI. Use it.


10 posted on 12/23/2025 3:17:23 AM PST by roving
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Can’t fix stupid.


11 posted on 12/23/2025 3:42:55 AM PST by Omnivore-Dan (have to )
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Well deserved for stupidity.


12 posted on 12/23/2025 3:51:44 AM PST by maddog55 (The only thing systemic in America is the left's hatred of it!)
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Payback for the Train disaster?............


13 posted on 12/23/2025 4:23:28 AM PST by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: Reverend Wright

The picture is just in time for the family Christmas Card!


14 posted on 12/23/2025 4:32:19 AM PST by albie
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Pachederm Pummels Paparazzi !


15 posted on 12/23/2025 4:33:51 AM PST by OldHarbor
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“Consider yourself photobombed!” *Phoomp*


16 posted on 12/23/2025 4:35:09 AM PST by Sirius Lee ("Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.)
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Is this really a conservative site? Almost all the same comments could be found on a leftist website with an emphasis on “hoorah for the elephant.”

People make mistakes, sometimes foolish ones. In this case it was a grave error.


17 posted on 12/23/2025 4:42:40 AM PST by Ge0ffrey
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Elephants don’t do anything half-assed. He wanted to make dang sure he was dead.


18 posted on 12/23/2025 4:51:40 AM PST by Wilderness Conservative (Nature is the ultimate conservative)
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True. What makes people so stupid with these ‘selfies’?


19 posted on 12/23/2025 5:01:24 AM PST by SMARTY (In politics, stupidity is not a handicap. Napoleon Bonaparte I)
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I live just North of the wonderful Yellowstone national Park — selfie stupidness is world-wide.


20 posted on 12/23/2025 5:12:43 AM PST by BBB333 (The Power Of Trump Compels You!)
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