Teenager knocked unconscious by elephant after trying to recreate Indian movie scene

A teenager was flung through the air by a furious elephant after he tried to climb up his trunk.

The boy, who was knocked unconscious, was apparently trying to recreate a scene from an Indian blockbuster movie called Baahubali|".

In the film the hero runs up an elephant's trunk and on to his back, and with the teenager's mate filming a Facebook Live, he gave it a go.


As he grabs at the elephant's trunk the animal flings him through the air, leaving the teen unconscious in a heap on the forest floor.

One local, from Kerala, India, said:

 "The elephant was not amused by the idea and flung the boy in the air like a ball."The boy was found lying unconscious some distance away by his friends who were filming his misadventure on their cell-phone cameras.
"The group of friends were on a holiday when one of them conceived the misadventure.

They added:

"After spotting an elephant tethered on a plot and no mahout around, they got a great opportunity to do something crazy.
"First they brought some fruits from a nearby shop and tried to befriend the elephant.
"The elephant was more than happy to munch on some fresh bananas and fruits.

 The local said the teenager tried the stunt after thinking he had won over the elepehant.

They continued: "As he tried to climb up the elephant's trunk, the visibly disgruntled elephant flung him up in the air."The knock was so hard the boy fell unconscious, he was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital."

 Wildlife experts said the boy had a lucky escape, and the elephant could easily have gored him had he not been chained up.