It isn't usual for animals to save humans and their properties, so when authorities discovered two elephants holding up an 18-wheeler truck to prevent it from dipping into a ditch, they were more than surprised.
Authorities at the Natchitoches Parish Sheriff's Office say two of three Asian elephants were holding their massive five-ton bodies against the side of a 2000 Kenworth 18-wheeler trailer truck, the same truck that was hauling them from Florida to a circus in Dallas, Texas, which was stuck in the mud on the side of the highway and was on the verge of tipping over into a ditch.
In a statement, Natchitoches Parish authorities say they received a call at a little past 7 a.m. asking for help to get a stranded truck back into the road on Interstate 49 near the Powhatan exit in Natchitoches. When responders arrived, they saw the two elephants keeping the truck from keeling over.
