Alcohol often goes hand in hand with violence , but no matter the level of intoxication most people would dare not pick a fight with an elephant . This was not the case recently in Sri Lanka , when a drunk man in a national park decided to antagonize an elephant as horrified onlookers stood by . Video of the encounter shows members of the crowd shouting at the man to leave the elephant alone as it had killed a person only days earlier . The man lies down on the grass before the elephant as onlookers warn it has recently killed someone . After getting up and continuing to antagonize the creature , it suddenly runs out of patience . In a matter of seconds , the angry elephant rushes towards him as he tries to escape . But the elephant is too quick and the drunk man falls underneath it as it runs over the top of him . But ignoring their pleas , he begins taunting the angry creature by first lying down on a bank directly in front of it . Despite the increasingly urgent cries from the crowd , he gets up and climbs down the bank until he is standing in front of the animal . Suddenly , it loses its temper and rushes towards him . He falls over and is trampled by it before it almost immediately wanders away disinterested . The drunk man is then pulled up the grassy bank and it appears as though part of his ear has been torn off and his once-muddy shirt is left covered in blood . The footage was filmed in the Udawalawe National Park in Sri Lanka , where it 's believed around 250 Sri Lankan Elephants - a species native to the country - live . A policeman also appears in the background of the video , though it is unclear if he arrested or intervened following the fight . Immediately after it trampled the man , the elephant wandered away appearing disinterested . The victim appeared to have lost part of his ear in the attack and his muddy shirt was left covered in blood .
Drunk man in Sri ##nagar national park began to antagonize the elephant . After it patiently watched him scrambling around in front of it , it attacked . Video shows the elephant leaping at the elephant and trampling him underfoot . Horrified elephant warned the elephant had killed someone just moments ago .