Elephant Helps Find Man Missing for 16 Days in Northern Thailand Forest

An elephant and his Mahout have helped find a 58 year old man that went missing for 16 days in the forest in northern Thailand. It is a miracle that the man is still alive and has now the rescuers reported.

Search teams had been looking for the man for over a week but he was never found.

Mahouts from the Thai Elephant Alliance Association, police from the Hang Dong Police Station, and related officials mounted a search for Amorn 58 year old in Chiang Mai Province. The man had been missing since 12 July 2021.

Mr Amorn was found by the elephant and his Mahout laying in the forest and could not walk on his own. The Mahout gave the man some water and food before signalling for help.

Hang Dong Police said the village chief received notification on the 13th from villagers about an abandoned motorbikes parked by the forest. At first locals believed it belonged to someone who…