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You may remember my vain search for the mysterious miniature elephant a few months ago:
http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=952
I found a reference to the "Beyond Bizzare" series that confirms my sighting of the elephants on this show, specifically Episode 9:
http://www.burrud.com/BB9.htm
Thai Water Elephants, an ancient belief, and its modern evidence,… in Thailand have been found and documented some very notable examples of the bodies of “Miniature Water Elephants”, tiny poisonous pachyderms that are said to inhabit remote rivers and streams,… investigations by scientists have so far been unable to prove or disprove the existence of these diminutive dumbos.
Has anyone seen the show in question? This does make me remember another aspect of the legend, that the tiny elephants are poisonous, although that might just be a story to keep people away from them.
In sum:
3-inch-tall elephants supposedly live in Thailand. Even though they're most likely a Jenny Haniver - style hoax, I'm obsessed with finding all the information I can about them, simply because they're so absurd.
More random data:
The miniature elephant is actually a symbol of Thailand.
A documentary on the mini elephants:
http://www.mominter.com/myst_elephant.html
[Emp edit: Updating FTMB link as it wasn't working]
http://www.forteantimes.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=952
I found a reference to the "Beyond Bizzare" series that confirms my sighting of the elephants on this show, specifically Episode 9:
http://www.burrud.com/BB9.htm
Thai Water Elephants, an ancient belief, and its modern evidence,… in Thailand have been found and documented some very notable examples of the bodies of “Miniature Water Elephants”, tiny poisonous pachyderms that are said to inhabit remote rivers and streams,… investigations by scientists have so far been unable to prove or disprove the existence of these diminutive dumbos.
Has anyone seen the show in question? This does make me remember another aspect of the legend, that the tiny elephants are poisonous, although that might just be a story to keep people away from them.
In sum:
3-inch-tall elephants supposedly live in Thailand. Even though they're most likely a Jenny Haniver - style hoax, I'm obsessed with finding all the information I can about them, simply because they're so absurd.
More random data:
The miniature elephant is actually a symbol of Thailand.
A documentary on the mini elephants:
http://www.mominter.com/myst_elephant.html
[Emp edit: Updating FTMB link as it wasn't working]