Thai Police: U.S. Tourist Was Likely Killed by Elephants
Source: New York Times, AP
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS , JAN. 23, 2014, 8:54 A.M. E.S.T.
BANGKOK — Park rangers in Thailand have found the body of an American tourist who was apparently trampled to death by elephants in a reserve outside Bangkok, police said Thursday.
The woman went missing Jan. 13 in Thailand's Kaeng Krachan National Park in the western province of Petchaburi, said police Col. Woradet Suanklaai.
She was found crumpled in the woods five days later, after a 70-person search team was deployed, and the severity of the injuries indicated she was likely trampled to death.
"Her arms, her wrists and other parts of the body were broken, so we assumed she was trampled by elephants because no humans could have caused such powerful damage to the body," Woradet said. Police sent the body to a forensic institute in the capital to determine the cause of death, he said.
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This is like the people that want to get real close to one of the water falls in Yellowstone Park and somehow they fall in. The story says she left her campgrounds and went looking to take some pictures. I guess she frightened them. I wonder if this will keep others from doing the same thing. I doubt it.
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Every summer someone gets out of their car for a close up shot ( photo) in Custer State Park. Results range from being gored to run over.
I've seen people standing 10 feet away with young children.
Some of us cannot figure it out
