1/25/2003: Gruesome elephant attack

Undertoad · 01-25-2003, 01:28 PM

Whoa. Whoa. All you can say is whoa.

The ultra-skinny guy is not doing that on purpose. The elephant is killing him. The elephant has picked him up and is literally swinging his body like a toy.

The guy's name is Gopalakrishnan, and he's the trainer. They're in India, and they were supposed to be on their way to a festival of some sort.

It turns out there's a rash of elephant attacks in India, which they say is due to two things: one, intense heat; two, mistreatment by trainers. So perhaps Mr. Gopalakrishnan is getting his due, or perhaps it's just a bizarre and horrifying event... we don't know. All we know is that he died.

WHOA.

Nothing But Net · 01-25-2003, 02:43 PM

This was a photoshop on FARK. A flame war erupted because certain sensitive members thought it in poor taste. It got pulled shortly after posting to the main board.

My image was running third place at the time. Arghhh..

wolf · 01-26-2003, 01:07 AM

Given that this is all occuring right outside of "BEAUTY TREATMENTS AND HAIRSTYLING", could it not be said that Mr. Gopalakrishnan is experiencing a bad hair day?

Jacque Strapp · 01-27-2003, 08:42 AM

Anyone know what they did with the elephant? None of the news items I dug up said anything about it. I imagine they didn't give him an award for innovative trainer-twirling.

warch · 01-27-2003, 01:09 PM

The elephant gets my sympathy. Some how its not to hard to imagine that the guy deserved it.

richlevy · 01-27-2003, 05:45 PM

Does the Indian Postal Service use elephants?

01-25-2003, 01:28 PM	#1
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	1/25/2003: Gruesome elephant attack Whoa. Whoa. All you can say is whoa. The ultra-skinny guy is not doing that on purpose. The elephant is killing him. The elephant has picked him up and is literally swinging his body like a toy. The guy's name is Gopalakrishnan, and he's the trainer. They're in India, and they were supposed to be on their way to a festival of some sort. It turns out there's a rash of elephant attacks in India, which they say is due to two things: one, intense heat; two, mistreatment by trainers. So perhaps Mr. Gopalakrishnan is getting his due, or perhaps it's just a bizarre and horrifying event... we don't know. All we know is that he died. WHOA.

01-26-2003, 01:07 AM	#3
wolf lobber of scimitars Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: Phila Burbs Posts: 20,774	Given that this is all occuring right outside of "BEAUTY TREATMENTS AND HAIRSTYLING", could it not be said that Mr. Gopalakrishnan is experiencing a bad hair day? __________________ wolf eht htiw og "Conspiracies are the norm, not the exception." --G. Edward Griffin The Creature from Jekyll Island High Priestess of the Church of the Whale Penis

01-27-2003, 08:42 AM	#4
Jacque Strapp Romantic Necromancer Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 29	Anyone know what they did with the elephant? None of the news items I dug up said anything about it. I imagine they didn't give him an award for innovative trainer-twirling. __________________ \|End of Line\|

01-27-2003, 05:45 PM	#6
richlevy King Of Wishful Thinking Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Philadelphia Suburbs Posts: 6,669	Does the Indian Postal Service use elephants? __________________ Exercise your rights and remember your obligations - VOTE! I have always believed that hope is that stubborn thing inside us that insists, despite all the evidence to the contrary, that something better awaits us so long as we have the courage to keep reaching, to keep working, to keep fighting. -- Barack Hussein Obama

01-25-2003, 02:43 PM	#2
Nothing But Net Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Spring, Texas Posts: 1,481	This was a photoshop on FARK. A flame war erupted because certain sensitive members thought it in poor taste. It got pulled shortly after posting to the main board. My image was running third place at the time. Arghhh..

01-27-2003, 01:09 PM	#5
warch lurkin old school Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Minnesota Posts: 2,796	The elephant gets my sympathy. Some how its not to hard to imagine that the guy deserved it.

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