A wild elephant blocked cars from passing through a forest road.

Footage shows the lone jumbo occupying one lane and causing heavy traffic in the area in Prachuap Khiri Khan province, Thailand on June 18.

It stopped one of the sedans that kept on driving despite it being only a few inches away, although it did not damage nor hurt anyone.

As of 2023, there are an estimated 3,084-3,500 wild elephants in Thailand. The population has been increasing in recent years, but it is still a fraction of the estimated 300,000 wild elephants that lived in Thailand at the beginning of the 20th century. The main threats to wild elephants in Thailand are habitat loss and fragmentation, poaching, and conflict with humans.