A wild elephant wrecked havoc in West Bengal, India, where it has already killed at least four villagers and injured two others.
Prakash Boyra, 40, died after one of the elephants threw him into the air with its trunk and then trampled him.
Images filmed by fellow villages show the man being flung into the air like a rag doll by the huge animal, who slams him back onto the floor as people look on horrified and helpless.
In many parts of India the elephant is revered as a the deity ‘Ganesha’