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Bangkok Post
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Hungry wild elephants 'knock' on villagers’ doors

Vehicles stop to allow a wild elephant to cross a road that runs through the Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary in Chachoengsao province. (File photo: Wichan Charoenkiatpakul)

Villagers in a Prachin Buri community awoke to the sounds of wild elephants knocking on their doors and rooting in their gardens early on Saturday, likely due to hunger.

Residents of Nong Pradu Moo 7 village reported that some elephants from the Khao Ang Rue Nai Wildlife Sanctuary in the neighbouring province of Chachoengsao had found their way into their community and “knocked” on the doors of three homes between 1am and 2am.

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