Article: Chili may cool elephant raids.(News)

Byline: Robyn Dixon; Los Angeles Times

KATUBYA, Zambia -- Here's how to pitch this (true) story to Hollywood: Ordinary guy named John, ordinary Sunday, cycling home into a setting sun. A monster creature roars out of the bushes!

John abandons his bike, flees in terror. The creature smashes the bicycle, catches him in a few short strides, grabs him by the shirt. But he slides out of his shirt and falls to the ground.

The creature picks him up again, but John slips out of his trousers. Naked, too afraid to scream, he scrambles away. But he doesn't get far. The shrieking creature smashes him against a tree.

Camera pans to a woman ...

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