Elephant barges into schoolteacher's quarters, leaves storage area in disarray [WATCH]

 

An elephant made an unexpected nighttime visit to a schoolteacher’s quarters, rummaging through a storage area and leaving broken kitchen appliances in its wake. - Pic source from Threads

KUALA LUMPUR: An elephant made an unexpected nighttime visit to a schoolteacher's quarters in Perak, rummaging through a storage area and leaving broken kitchen appliances in its wake.

The incident, captured on video and shared on Threads, drew mixed reactions with some amused by the intrusion while others sympathised with the animal.

The video showed the elephant peering through a window with its trunk before reaching into the storage area, where kitchen appliances and other items were kept.

Speaking to the New Straits Times, the user, who wished to be identified only as Nurafi, said the elephant had wandered into a school in a remote forested area, where it found a packet of sugar.

She said the elephant lingered for about 30 minutes, with the footage recorded by her husband, a teacher at the school.

"My husband and I are in a long-distance relationship. During the incident, he managed to video call me, so I saw the elephant roaming around myself," she said.

She said teachers stayed at the school and returned home weekly.

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"Elephants frequently approached the school and nearby village, but villagers would usually chase them away before they got too close," said Nurafi.

However, this particular elephant managed to enter the school grounds at night.

"The affected building was the staff and teachers' quarters, not a villager's house," she said.

Some Threads users who came across the video saw the funny side of the incident while others cited habitat loss.

"Was it asking for food? If I lived in that village and got attacked, I might as well leave the window open like a canteen and serve it food every day. My heart is too fragile," user eyahalim commented.

Another user thought the animal must have been hungry.

"Poor thing, maybe it's hungry because so much of the forest has been cleared for human use. But whatever it is, this is the big boss of the area," the user wrote.

One user recounted how elephants had repeatedly entered their wooden village house, particularly during bamboo shoot season.

"They come over every year, especially during bamboo shoot season. There are logging activities everywhere," the user said.

Meanwhile, user monsibel quipped, "quite literally, 'addressing the elephant in the room'."

The video has garnered more than 658,000 views since it was posted yesterday. - NST