“Good afternoon, folks, I’m the peanut inspector for this area. Did you folks bring any peanuts or peanut-related products with you today? Any peanut oil, peanut-butter-and-jelly sandwiches, Reese’s, anything like that? OK, then, drive safely.”
Good thing I wasn’t wearing my peanut after-shave, Elizabeth G.
I don’t understand why the people were all so calm, as if this was a completely ordinary event. They didn’t seem afraid, they just seemed uninterested. Me, I’d have been going nuts with glee at such a close encounter with a heffalump!
I felt the same way. Maybe they were advised to behave that way in the presence of an elephant?
Guys, Duh… they were peanut smugglers and playing it cool!
I’m sure they were advised to keep as still as possible. You can hear the relieved giggles at the end. I love heffalumps, but that definitely looks like not only a life-changing encounter, but an underwear-changing one. What price Jurassic Park now?
I actually love how quiet they are. It seemed kind of reverent to me. I don’t know if I could have resisted extending my hand for elephant to sniff. What an enviable experience!
Me too! I would have been cooing and trying to pet it.
I’m pretty sure the part where the guide says “nobody move or make a sound!” is missing from the beginning of the video.
Meanwhile I’m sitting here thousands of miles away watching it and loudly pooping my pants on their behalf!
Heffalump!
I love this elephant’s expressive eyes.
Yes such gorgeous eyes.
Every time I see an elephant, I wish I had a trunk. And why has nobody invented a heffalump-themed blow dryer? When it was blowing on the lady’s shirt, I started giggling loudly–it never occurred to me that a proboscis can blow out as well as in!
um…
You’re amazing Allein
😛
You really are.
That is an extremely bad idea.
Somewhere five park rangers are facepalming
Yeah, I was thinking, “Roll up the windows!” You wouldn’t leave them down if a lion were pawing on them. Maybe the guide knew that individual elephant and knew what it was likely to do, but even so…. And if not, if stupid people had fed the elephant and made it expect interesting treats from sticking its trunk into cars, how annoyed would it be if it didn’t get any, and could it drag your a$$ out the window and frisk you?