A dog showed enough heroics to stop an elephant from entering a village.<br /><br />The lone elephant was spotted outside a village near Chikmagalur in South India on March 30. The villagers were familiar with the elephant, which was in the habit of raiding crops. <br /><br />An anxious crowd gathered and was discussing on ways to chase the elephant away, when a village dog jumped in to their rescue.<br /><br />It charged towards the elephant and stalled it by barking continuously. <br /><br />Strangely, the elephant seemed to get intimidated by the barking dog and did not attempt to enter the village.<br /><br />There were moments when the dog got too close to the behemoth and had to beat a hasty retreat as the elephant took a swipe at it with its trunk.<br /><br />The intruder stood at a safe distance while the dog also held its ground. After a standoff that nearly lasted an hour the elephant went away.<br /><br />Munikrishna, a local villager, said: “Elephants are never dissuaded by crowds, which make a din, to chase them away. But for some reason this elephant yielded to a dog.”
