 As he got closer, his presence spooked one of the female elephants, which charged at him. Two other elephants then charged toward him to protect the younger elephants in the herd. The man tried to run back to his car. You're not going to outrun an elephant. You're just not. You think you will because, well, they're elephants. But they run faster than you. The elephants caught up to him and trampled him to death as his fiancee watched in horror. That is awful.