Drunken elephants ransack Indian village

When a group of fellas get drunk, they can cause some serious mischief.

Whether it's starting fights or damaging property, trouble can always be around the corner.

However, a drunken herd of elephants is a little bit different, as the Indian village of Dumurkota recently found out.

After the mammals downed 500 litres of moonshine alcohol, they went on the rampage, ransacking a shop and three houses and ruining much-needed crops.

Local police officer Asish Samanat said the alcohol made the elephants much angrier than they usually are.

"They were like any other drunk – aggressive and unreasonable but much, much bigger," he added.

Mr Samanat quipped that the herd was facing a monster hangover the next day, while the villagers have been left to pick up the pieces.

Eventually, locals were able to get all of the elephants over to a local river and back on to their normal migration route.

Posted by Mark Wilkins