Proof of elephants in Knysna
An elusive Knysna Forest elephant made his (or her) mark during the night of Wednesday, May 13 when the mighty beast overturned a heavy Bell logger in the Goudveld Forest plantation.
An employee of ZD Stander en Seuns Vervoer en Ontginning inspects the Bell logger damaged by an elephant on Wednesday night, May 13.
During the previous night the elephant also punctured one of the vehicle’s expensive tyres.
But such damage delights the Stander family business owners of ZD Stander en Seuns Vervoer en Ontginning (ZD Stander and Sons Transport and Clearance), who reported the incident on their Facebook page and added that it was “lekker” damage, since it reminded them that the elephant was still in the area.
According to the company’s Facebook page, a day team noticed on that Wednesday morning that “a Knysna elephant known to the workers as Oupoot” had punctured the Bell logger’s tyre.
That evening they hid the logger among the trees to prevent further damage, but on their return the next morning they discovered that Oupoot had returned during the night and overturned the two-ton machine.
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