Residents of this village in northeast India have been forced to build makeshift homes in the treetops to protect themselves from getting killed by wild elephants.<br /><br />The video was shot on November 19 in Bhutian, in Udalguri district, Assam, which has resorted to this drastic response for the past week .<br /><br />Visuals showed an elderly couple climbing up and down the tree while displaying their daily activities.<br /><br />According to locals, elephants from the forest stray away from their habitat during the reaping season and wander into human residential areas to feast on grains.<br /><br />Another visual showed part of a house that had been torn apart by a passing herd of elephants.<br /><br />Locals said they climb the tree and rest in their makeshift shelters at night to protect themselves, while sentries have to be posted to keep watch.<br /><br />The volunteer sentries make use of horns, torches and sticks to scare away the elephants.<br /><br />The forest department has been notified of this village's plight.
