Tuesday, October 25, 2011

An elephant killed a West German tourist




March 28, 1989
BANGKOK, THAILAND — ELEPHANT KILLS TOURIST. An elephant killed a West German tourist who tried to stroke its trunk as it bathed in a river in northern Thailand, Thai police said Monday. The woman, Helga Torbirt, 49, of Mainz, was picked up and thrown down by the elephant on March 21 during a hike near Chiang Mai.

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