{"id":484472,"date":"2023-08-13T17:20:44","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T11:50:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/?p=484472"},"modified":"2023-08-13T17:20:49","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T11:50:49","slug":"kerala-elephant-blocks-driver-way","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/trending\/kerala-elephant-blocks-driver-way\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Wild elephant blocks driver&#8217;s way in Kerala, his calmness resolves situation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A video that has been doing the rounds on social media platforms showcases a wild elephant that blocks the KSRTC bus pathway which leads to panic among the passengers sitting inside the bus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the video, a bus driver could be seen asking passengers to remain calm when an elephant ended up blocking their pathway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"1\">The elephant initially stands in front of the vehicle, causing it to stop. After briefly stepping back, the elephant returns and crosses the narrow path, before pausing and spinning around.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While the bus driver calmly waits, a gentle elephant walks dangerously close to the vehicle before turning and walking away. However, the narrow road prevents the driver from leaving immediately. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"KSRTC driver asks passengers to stay calm after wild elephant blocks their way\" width=\"740\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/FfQNDegYqh4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Vehicles on both sides wait patiently for the elephant to clear the road, which takes about two minutes. The driver then carefully watches the elephant as he drives away. The Kerala bus driver takes the opportunity to drive the vehicle away, but he carefully also watches the elephant\u2019s moments passing from the side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The bus driver advised passengers to remain calm and close the curtains if they feel uneasy. He claimed to know the elephant, as it has blocked vehicles before. Social media users praised the driver&#8217;s quick thinking. After watching the clip, many social media users lauded the peaceful antics and quick thinking of the Kerala driver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of the users commented that the driver seems to know the elephant since he has been driving through this route. He is calm and tells the people to remain calm. \u00a0One more said a great example is that everything can be resolved through dialogue. Meanwhile, a user theorised seems like the elephants want some treats from the town.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"6\">Encountering confrontations with wildlife in green corridors is inevitable. It is important to remain calm to avoid danger. A driver in Kerala demonstrated quick thinking when encountering a wild elephant, calming restless commuters and preventing mishaps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A wild elephant that blocks the KSRTC bus pathway which leads to panic among the passengers sitting inside the bus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":484478,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_eb_attr":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[110599],"tags":[144895,132342,725],"yst_prominent_words":[39318,63014,6186,6123,3879,32531,7273,79029,5615,5605,32529,56276,4813,7480,4133,45269,45265],"ppma_author":[140543],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/d2r2ijn7njrktv.cloudfront.net\/apnlive\/uploads\/2023\/08\/13172000\/elephant-keral-bus.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"authors":[{"term_id":140543,"user_id":4,"is_guest":0,"slug":"apnnewsdesk","display_name":"APN Live","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/478eacb893eda88aa6ed8d99b005bf58?s=96&r=g"}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484472"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484472"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484472\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484472"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=484472"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/apnlive.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=484472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}<!-- html is corrupted -->