Infamous killer elephant stalks family and murders four members 14 years apart: Nowhere left for us to run

He has a long memory.A notorious rogue Nepalese elephant has stalked resident Shanichara Bote for years, killing four of his family members 14 years apart — including two even after the man moved miles away to try to escape the homicidal pachyderm.Bote’s nightmare began in December 2012, when Dhurbe — an infamous killer elephant whose human death toll is now up to 25 — fatally trampled the man’s parents in the Nepalese town of Madi near Chitwan National Park, the Kathmandu Post said.The grief-stricken son packed up and moved himself and the rest of his family to safety, setting up his new homestead 9 miles away, across the Rapti River and to Jagatpur, the outlet reported.It wasn’t far enough.Earlier this month, Dhurbe tracked down the family and burst into their home, killing Bote’s daughter-in-law, Ashika Bote, 25, and his 4-year-old grandson, Bharat Bote.“We believed that moving across the major rivers would keep us safe,” Bote told the Kathmandu Post.“But after all these years, the exact same elephant found us again, raided our home and took my daughter-in-law and my little grandson.

“There is nowhere left for us to run.”The elephant has a long history of fatal misdeeds — he has reportedly killed more than two dozen people since 2010, park officials told the outlet.“Prior to this tragic incident, Dhurbe had officially claimed 23 human lives,” said Abinash Thapa Magar, a rep for Chitwan National Park.

“With these latest two casualties in Jagatpur, the confirmed number of fatalities attributed to this single elephant has now risen to 25.“We have been utilizing a satellite tracking collar to monitor the movements of this highly aggressive male elephant,” Magar added.“Our data logs show that this location coordinates were pinned directly around the perimeter of the incident site on [July 4].”According to Vice, 93 soldiers set out to kill Dhurbe after the fatal 2012 attack and shot the beast twice — although he still made ...