Watch this elephant flip a pickup truck in Thailand

Published on Mar 10, 2023 at 11:19 AM (UTC+4)
by Kate Bain

Last updated on Mar 13, 2023 at 1:17 PM (UTC+4)
Edited by Kate Bain

This is the moment an elephant gets absolutely fed up with cars passing through its national park and decides to flip one over. 

The footage was taken in the Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary in Thailand, where hundreds of elephants roam free. 

Usually, the placid animals have no issue with motorists, but this day was a different story.

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In the video, you can see the elephant crossing the road and the pickup truck moving very slowly to get out of its way. 

Instead of waiting for it to pass, the elephant reaches out its trunk and pushes the pickup truck. 

It doesn’t just push it out of the way either, it pushes the truck until it completely flips and falls off the side of the road into the bushes. 

In footage released by USA Today, you can see one driver desperately waving his hand out of his car window to tell cars behind him to reverse and get out of the way.

The last of the footage shows all cars on the road slowly backing away for fear the elephant might turn on them next.

But as it turns out, the animal had made its point and that was the end of the show. 

Sanctuary officials were then called to come and lead the elephant away and the driver of the pickup truck was rescued.

Thankfully, no major injuries were reported.

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The Ang Rue Nai forest, where the footage was taken, is home to about 277 elephants. 

And incidents of this nature are reportedly quite common. 

In fact, the sanctuary reports a high rate of elephant interaction with humans.

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Kate is Lead Editor, overseeing coverage across automotive, tech, and lifestyle content on the site. She has more than 10 years’ experience as a journalist and news editor, having worked across a range of major publications including News Corp, Daily Mail Australia, and Sky News. Kate holds a Bachelor of Business Management from University of Queensland and a Postgraduate Diploma in Journalism from Queensland University of Technology. She has been with Supercar Blondie since 2020 and played a key role in establishing supercarblondie.com as a leading automotive news destination.