A herd of drunk elephants have killed three people and destroyed dozens of homes during a four-day rampage in India.
About 70 elephants raided a village stockpile of fermented rice drink and got drunk on the substance.
By Thursday, the herd had left a path of destruction through the border states of West Bengal and Orissa, NY Daily News reports.
Several elephants were later found sleeping off the alcohol.
Encounters between elephants and humans are becoming increasingly common in India as the animals become more comfortable around people.
"The herds are effectively semi-urbanised," Amirtharaj Williams of the World Wildlife Fund was quoted as saying.
"There are elephants who are getting a taste for food that humans prepare because it is tastier, stronger-smelling and often more nutritious, and that includes rice- or molasses-based drinks.
"Some go looking for it."
The increasing interaction between humans and elephants has led to some deadly results with 100 elephants killed by villagers each year.
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