Viral Video:  An elephant charges a government bus

A video of an elephant charging toward a government transport In Munnar, Kerala has gone viral on the internet. According to local media sources, the incident occurred near the Munnar Deputy Superintendent of Police office on Tuesday.

In the video, a government bus driver comes to a halt after seeing an elephant wandering along the road. However, the elephant surged towards the bus seconds later, causing the passengers to scream in panic. Even though the animal shattered the windshield, the driver maintained his composure. After the animal withdrew, he calmly handled the issue and drove away.

IAS official Supriya Sahu shared the video on Twitter, and the driver’s calm demeanour throughout the ordeal has been praised online. Reads the caption of the post, “Don’t know who the driver of this government bus is but he is certainly Mr Cool. The way he handled the supervision check by Mr Elephant, it was like business as usual between them.”

Below is a link to a video that has gone viral:

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Don't know who is the driver of this Government Bus but he is certainly Mr Cool 😎The way he handled the supervision check by Mr Elephant it was like bussiness as usual between them. 😊 video shared by K.Vijay #elephants #noconflict pic.twitter.com/WHxQStNv7K

— Supriya Sahu IAS (@supriyasahuias) April 6, 2022

After being shared online, the video received over 15k views. Netizens praised the driver’s mental foresight and bravery.

Here are some of the comments:

Hope the bus 🚌 receives blessings from the elephant 🐘😂

— Jofert Sam (@joferts) April 6, 2022

Yes. He is really Cool. It even broke the wind screen yet he maintained his cool

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— SivaKumar_IND (@IndSivakumar) April 6, 2022

@transport_state your driver is super cool here 😎, nice handling of the situation. Good work!

— Suresh Kumar A (@NikeSuresh25) April 6, 2022

Wonderful display of courage and presence of mind by the driver

— srinivasan (@ainipala) April 6, 2022

Driver has guts really! I wouldn’t have done this … scary!! But beautiful to watch !😊

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— Prem (@Premtwt) April 6, 2022

Wonderful post Supriya. Great to see lovely Man-Animal interactions. He looked real curious.

— Krsna (@narayan_krs) April 6, 2022

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