Man’s jumbo close-up bid ends in hospital

Kochi | Wednesday | 20th March, 2019

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The man, however, proceeded closer and tried to click a picture on his mobile phone.The elephant whacked him with his trunk, and the man was seen thrown into the air. In November, 2017, a 25-year-old man attempted to repeat a ‘Bahubali’ stunt and was whacked by an elephant, Parthan, at Karimannoor, near Thodupuzha. Reneesh went close to one of the elephants, Omalloor Govindankutty, and in a video clip being circulated on social media, the animal was seen stretching its trunk towards him. The animal leaned forward and gored him, even as onlookers tried to distract the beast.Reneesh’s friends and onlookers took him to the hospital, Alappuzha DSP P V Baby said. Two elephants were chained to trees at Aravukadu Sreedevi Temple..