Elephant Memorial in Teluk Intan | Amusing Planet amusingplanet.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from amusingplanet.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
channel for the latest stories and updates.
A quick trip onto social media platform Reddit turned into a history lesson when someone shared a picture of a signboard erected in Teluk Intan, Perak.
An old sign, reading “There is buried here a wild elephant who in defence of his herd charged and derailed a train on the 17th day of September 1894”.
(Credit: Teluk Anson Childhood blog)
127 years ago, a wild elephant had stood its ground against a train- an act so legendary that the elephant’s heroics are still being talked about today with its own memorial at Sungai Kerawai, Teluk Intan.