Daijiworld Media Network - Madikeri (MS)
Madikeri, Dec 30: Two wild elephants were found wandering on the Mysore road near China Gate in the town at 5.30 am in the cold winter morning on Friday, December 29.
The elephants got confused as the vehicular movement started in the city and started to run helter-skelter. Tourists and residents of the place tried to shoo away the pachyderms by screaming.
This irritated the elephants further and they started to run even faster and in the melee damaged compound walls and flower pots of many houses. They also entered the gardens and ate the vegetation and plantain trees.
The forest officers who got the information arrived at the spot and tried to make the elephants go back to the forest by bursting firecrackers. It is believed that the tuskers have gone back to the forests. However, people are still living in fear of their return.