Posted on 07/15/2026 4:39:22 AM PDT by DFG
He has a long memory.
A notorious rogue Nepalese elephant has stalked resident Shanichara Bote for years, killing four of his family members 14 years apart — including two even after they all moved miles away to try to escape the homicidal pachyderm.
Bote’s nightmare began in December 2012, when Dhurbe — an infamous killer elephant whose human death toll is now up to 25 — fatally trampled the man’s parents in the Nepalese town of Madi near Chitwan National Park, the Kathmandu Post said.
The grief-stricken son packed up and moved himself and the rest of his family to safety, setting up his new homestead nine miles away, across the Rapti River and to Jagatpur, the outlet reported.
It wasn’t far enough.
Earlier this month, Dhurbe tracked down the family and burst into their home, killing Bote’s daughter-in-law, Ashika Bote, 25, and his 4-year-old grandson, Bharat Bote.
“We believed that moving across the major rivers would keep us safe,” Bote told the Kathmandu Post. “But after all these years, the exact same elephant found us again, raided our home and took my daughter-in-law and my little grandson.
“There is nowhere left for us to run.”
The elephant has a long history of fatal misdeeds — he has reportedly killed more than two dozen people since 2010, park officials told the outlet.
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A 10 gage elephant gun would solve the problem............
Yeas, why did they not dispatch that elephant 14 years ago?
Some kind of animal protection going berserk?
.416 Rigby.
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Too bad they probably can’t possess one.
And people wonder why I keep my 45/70 full of xtreme penetrators by my back door.
The chances of being killed by a rogue elephant is quite low but never zero - just like buffalo, bears or feral scumbags.
No, play a piano at it. The videos all show elephants like piano music.
416 rigby or 458 magnum would do the trick.
The elephant didn’t hunt down and kill the family..makes for good reading I suppose.
What it doesn’t say is what the family did to the elephant over the years.
From Quant AI:
Elephants are considered sacred in Nepal, symbolizing power, royalty, and divinity, particularly within Hinduism, and are revered in religious ceremonies and festivals.
This is so stupid. Damn thing should’ve put down long ago.
you know what america could really use? More third worlders.
Elephants never forget.
In some countries life is cheap.
“including two even after they all moved miles away to try to escape the homicidal pachyderm.” Evidently the animal isn’t as gentle as Dumbo.
Double barrel 4 Gage is what you need .
A 10 gage elephant gun would solve the problem............
It is where world-wide gun control really took off/started.
https://www.ammoland.com/2016/02/how-was-gun-control-imposed-upon-an-unwilling-world/
Even harder for Nepalese to obtain legal firearms. The illegal firearms are not so effective against elephants.
Still, elephants can be killed with AK level cartridges, but it takes skill to kill one under pressure of being charged.
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