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The moment a huge elephant crushes safari couple's car roof

dailymail.co.uk — This couple had a holiday moment they'll never forget when a huge elephant took an disconcertingly close interest in their car.The Swiss tourists were driving through South Africa's Hluhluwe game park when the gigantic animal strolled into the dirt road.

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  • thelastcivilian, on 05/14/2008, -1/+11Volkswagen: Pachyderms wanted.
  • xxvtcxx, on 05/14/2008, -2/+15This is what happens when you let women navigate...

    "Why don't you ask that nice elephant where Belmont street is?"
  • dafunkmonster, on 05/14/2008, -7/+1Note to self: don't go on safaris during That time of the month...
  • KingGorilla, on 05/14/2008, -1/+22I hope they had elephant insurance
  • JonTheGoose, on 05/14/2008, -0/+55wtf it went from "OMFG RAMPAGING ELEPHANT CRUSHES CAR WITH TERRIFIED COUPLE INSIDE!!!!" to "curious elephant slightly dents the roof of a car with some dude and his sister inside"
    • serpanterra, on 05/14/2008, -0/+17That's the problem with UK tabloid journalism. There should be a law against that amount of exaggeration, really. Another daily mail classic was "QUEEN SAVAGED BY DOG", when she got one finger nipped by an irate Corgi.
    • 1randomguyO8, on 05/14/2008, -0/+6Sensationalism, read up on it.
      • serpanterra, on 06/28/2008, -0/+1Rather not thanks, which was the point of my post. Or would you rather:

        DIGG POSTER DISAGREES WITH PETRIFIED MORON

        ?
    • mattlohkamp, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2yeah, that's pretty lame.
  • samw1ns, on 05/14/2008, -0/+23If only they had a mouse with them.
    This entire problem would of been solved.
    • Myztry, on 05/14/2008, -0/+7Yay. Stampeding elephant...
    • TheColonel, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2would have
    • Zippo, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2That or the elephant would have freaked out and completely crushed them.
    • LeeSoong, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2If they only had the T-Rex from Jurassic Park with them,

      Elephant, Meet T !
      • michaelb323, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2that would have been an epic fight scene.
  • Myztry, on 05/14/2008, -1/+5How thoughtful. Giving the Elephant a little toy to play with...
  • frostyausty, on 05/14/2008, -9/+4Comment underneath the article By Alan Newport :

    Perhaps the elephant had a crush on VW's

    (sorry....)

    - Alan, Newport, Wales
    • ozid, on 05/14/2008, -1/+8WHOA. Glad you posted that here. I blacked out any time I tried to read the comments there and when I awoke, my browser was closed.

      Life saving stuff, man.
  • RubineBoy, on 05/14/2008, -6/+8"Hope to find some peanuts in this funny blue can ... OM NOM NOM!"
  • philiras07, on 05/14/2008, -4/+7quick question uhhh... why didn't they just drive away?
    • Oppslagsverk, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4Because an elephant can run. If it was angry with them, it would have been more dangerous to drive away. I have l33t elephant skills.
      • eimlauqons, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2That is why the ranger told them to shut the car off, so they did not surprise or anger it.
  • usacomp2k3, on 05/14/2008, -2/+6Isn't there a car insurance commercial about just this?
    • LeeSoong, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2Elephant Snorting translated into English:

      " That damn little green lizard can't help you now! "
  • craigydbuzzbitt, on 05/14/2008, -4/+4Erm.... I'm rather worried in a very ominous sense as this was the first story on diggs front page for me today and we are going to the drive through zoo this afternoon......
  • WoWii, on 05/14/2008, -7/+14Another Daily Fail
    This shouldn't be on digg.
    • Surferess, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Why not? At least it isn't another LOLcat! Oh well, It was interesting to me...... and 360 other peeps.
  • neio, on 05/14/2008, -1/+11Makes you realise how big those animals are,
    • corryface, on 05/14/2008, -1/+4i know, that one looks massive.
      • chevyorange, on 05/14/2008, -2/+2No! Elephants are small! Its that little ***** VW making it look so big!
      • algo, on 05/14/2008, -1/+2that's what she said.
        [/ashamed]
  • hallucienate, on 05/14/2008, -0/+19ha-ha, the Daily Mail photoshopped out the the elephant's dick. In the original photo it out there hanging between his legs.
  • axeugene69, on 05/14/2008, -4/+2And I cared for about 10 seconds.
  • Myztry, on 05/14/2008, -2/+1I wonder what it would be like for a car to collide with an elephant. A medium sized tree can rip a truck in half due to it's bulk and 'connection' to the ground. I think the same would apply to hitting an elephant. (Not really relevant. Justing musing...)
  • corryface, on 05/14/2008, -0/+13In other news, China has an entire city crushed.
    • iloveshorts, on 05/14/2008, -6/+1Wow funny guy Corry! U fukin moron!
    • 1randomguyO8, on 05/14/2008, -3/+2,,,and we care because?
      • rogersj3, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1There are possibly tens of thousands of fellow human beings dead?
  • simonjones82, on 05/14/2008, -0/+7If only this was the original picture, you would be able to make out what the elephant was actually up to. This picture has been doctured to be child friendly otherwise it would be NSFW. Take a look at the back right leg.
    Original: http://www.filestreamer.net/elephant_s.jpg
    • reddoggie, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3Child friendly? NSFW? Does this mean zoos will soon need an RIAA rating?
    • 16777216, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1horny much
    • algo, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4now we know why the woman has *that* expression on her face.
  • iloveshorts, on 05/14/2008, -6/+1funny guy Corry! U fukin Moron!
  • Poco, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4Perhaps everyone just expects it, but that is a huge elephant, or a tiny car, or both.
  • vx69, on 05/14/2008, -1/+3This isn't news worthy.
  • simonjones82, on 05/14/2008, -1/+0Lol version: http://www.filestreamer.net/elephant_lol.jpg
    Large original: http://www.filestreamer.net/elephant.jpg
  • DesertDude, on 05/14/2008, -0/+5Buried as "Daily Mail".
  • Somedude2137, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4Buried for repulsive and shameless sensationalism in title.... inaccurate
  • over900000, on 05/14/2008, -2/+3That guy has a hot sister. I wish I had a hot sister.
  • philmunt, on 05/14/2008, -1/+3elephowned
  • sheeplysheep, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1lolephant doesn't like german cars...
  • goerg, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3lolz. thiz elephant iz HUGE!!11
  • mal1964, on 05/14/2008, -0/+2After watching this i dont blame him.
    Hluhluwe Umfolozi park, South Africa. (His home)
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOiTmg7ceQA
  • 8fans, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3When will people learn? Don't ***** with elephants.
  • apmtt, on 05/14/2008, -0/+3"Something odd but not very important or that interesting happens somewhere in the world!"

    Go daily mail.
  • amnezia22, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1"Rico Beltrame and his sister Angela feared it was going to reduce the vehicle to scrap metal"
    To be fair it was scrap metal before the elephant went anywhere near it.
  • DestroyFascism, on 05/14/2008, -0/+1Should have taken a photo of its balls...
    Since you were there!
  • takatoo, on 05/14/2008, -0/+4Safari can easily be crashed. That's why I use Firefox.
  • Chrino, on 05/14/2008, -1/+1Brother + Sister = Couple
  • MajorLou8Digg, on 05/15/2008, -1/+0This is just too funny! The photo's are great! What a strange experience, for this shocked brother and sister. A surprise encounter with a curious elephant, they will never forget. Thanks for sharing this upbeat piece of news!
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  • Nashief, on 06/18/2008, -0/+0And these people just sat there waiting to get crushed. I would have driven off so fast without even thinking about him chasing me right out the park. But waiting in such fear would be to devastating for me.
    Nashief | http://www.safarinow.com
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