BREAKING NEWS: Safari in Seoul!

Filed under: Uncategorized — Jeff in Korea at 6:16 pm on Wednesday, April 20, 2005

BREAKING NEWS!

At 3:00 today, Six elephants broke out of confinement at Elephant World and the Children’s Grand Park in Seoul.

Two pachyderms were caught immediately. Three have holed themselves up in a restaurant and are on a rampage inside. One escaped into a residential neighborhood and is being pursued.

There are reports that some of the elephants in the restaurant were injured by broken glass and other objects.

UPDATE: The lastest on the elephants: Apparently one woman in the restaurant suffered a head injury of some sort. One of the captured elephants is being held at a Police station in the area. (for questioning?). The elephant on the loose has now been chased past the main gate of Kunkook University.

UPDATE: The fugitive elephant was caught hiding in the courtyard of a woman’s house.
Comments from Netizens: “There’s not enough room in our courtyard for an elephant :( ” - “Our courtyard is pretty big. I guess we could fit about five elephants in there, but I’m not sure.”

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Comment by yeoldetoaste

20 April 2005 @ 6:21 pm

Is it going to be fair if they put a “As featured on MBC / SBS” banner in their window now?

-Adam

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Trackback by Simon World

20 April 2005 @ 7:31 pm

Daily linklets 20th April

More updates on the Japan/China tensions post. Memo to organisers of Hong Kong’s WTO protests in December: for a lesson in getting Government involvement, try the recent anti-Japan riots in China. The Peak is only the 5th most expensive neighbourhood …

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Comment by Plunge

21 April 2005 @ 5:32 am

Wow, this made the news here in Utah. Way to go elephants!

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Comment by hmmm

21 April 2005 @ 9:47 am

Word has it that the elephants were attempting to reach the Japanese Embassy to protest distored pachyderm history in the latest middle school text books.

At least one of the irate elephants was found to be carrying a trunk full of red paint, which he apparently intended to throw over the fence at the embassy.

Two elephants became hungry during the trip and were in a local restaurant seeking a meal when captured.

Tok-do nun Kokkiri Ddong!

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Comment by Plunge

21 April 2005 @ 9:52 pm

heh….

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Comment by Kevin Kim

22 April 2005 @ 2:06 pm

The elephant in that last photo, with the dude riding him, looks somewhat dejected.

Fun’s over, I guess.

Kevin

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Comment by elephant, iqwm

26 April 2005 @ 9:04 am

you know the party’s gone to hell when some dude in turquoise pants rides your ass home.

dammit.

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Comment by Jdo

28 April 2005 @ 12:26 pm

Well..this story made ABC News but wouldn’t you just know that the mammals in the US got wind of it and had to stage a rampage of their own. Take a look:
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory?id=708682

Wayward Buffalo’s Owner to Slaughter Them

Owner of Wayward Buffalo in Maryland Plans to Send Animals to Slaughterhouse
The Associated Press

PIKESVILLE, Md. Apr 27, 2005 — A herd of buffalo that got loose and wandered around a well-to-do neighborhood won’t be causing any more trouble: Their annoyed owner plans to pack them off to the slaughterhouse.

The 10 or so beasts disrupted traffic and alarmed homeowners Tuesday before officers managed to corral them on a tennis court. More than a dozen police cars and a police helicopter were used to herd the animals.

blah, blah, blah…..

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