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Hungry wild tusker raids vehicle in search of food, damages belongings of passengers

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A video has emerged from the Jim Corbett National Park in Uttarakhand in India where a wild elephant was seen raiding a tourist van and destroying their luggage.

The wild tusker raided the van while it was on its way on the street that passes amidst the jungle.

The elephant came out in search of food and stopped the vehicle for the driver to shell out some fruits.

When the driver showed himself empty-handed, the angry elephant started looking out for food in the luggage loaded on the top of the vehicle.

In the video, the giant can be seen sticking its trunk on the top of the vehicle trying to search food in the luggage. It smashes and throws away the luggage as people watch it helplessly from inside the van.

Some other tourists who were plying on the road got down and started capturing the rare incident on their mobile phones. The people can be seen holding their smartphones and recording the rare event.

The giant then leaves after it found nothing and moved on to the forest. No passengers were hurt in the incident

The drivers usually carry fruits as a bribe to offer it to the animals to allow them a safe passage, when no food is offered, the giants create such ruckus in search of food.

An eyewitness said, “A driver should always carry some bananas for the elephants else they destroy your luggage sometimes overturn your vehicle if you try to run away.”

Many incidents in the past showed the wild tuskers stopping the vehicles and letting them pass only after the driver had given them some food or fruits to eat.

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