"An elephant walks into a grocery store" sounds a lot like the start of a cheesy dad joke, but believe it or not, this is precisely what happened at a market in Pak Chong, Thailand. And in 2025, should we even be surprised at such Jumanji-esque activity? The entire ordeal has gone wildly viral on social media, where video of the incident has been making the rounds this entire week.
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Video of the larger-than-life mayhem can be seen in an Instagram post uploaded by NBC News. In the clip, the elephant, who is known as Plai Biang Lek, can be seen casually strolling through the store in search of a little snack. Whether the elephant was in the market for "something sweet" or maybe a fiery bag of Flamin' Hot Cheetos, remains unclear.
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NBC News did confirm that Plai Biang Lek, who escaped from a neighboring national park, did manage to snag nine bags of sweet rice crackers, a sandwich and some bananas.
In the comments section of the Instagram post, quite a few people were shocked at how polite Plai Biang Lek appeared to be.
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"Doesn’t look as chaotic as when human thieves ransack stores. The elephant was careful not to knock things over. Lol," one person wrote.
"He was hungry!? AND polite! He could've demolished the whole.place hahaha," another person added.
There were even a few people who suggested that the store owner keep some snacks on hand in case Plai Biang Lek escaped for another snack run.
"They should ALWAYS have a basket of snacks ready for her outside the store," read one of their comments.
"If an elephant walked into a site that I owned. I would bring him/her anything and everything he/she wanted. Simple as that," someone else chimed in.
Sounds like the beloved bodega cat has got some competition.
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