News.com.au
March 14, 2007
FOUR wild elephants drunk on beer were electrocuted when they stumbled into a power pole and brought it down on top of themselves in northeast India.
Elephants are known to have a taste for the rice beer brewed by tribes across northeast India.
A herd of up to 25 elephants rampaged in a remote area in the West Garo Hills district earlier this week, forcing villagers to run for cover and leave their freshly brewed beverage behind, BBC News online reported.
After drinking the village dry, the elephants ran into a power pole, bringing it down.
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