According to The Independent, 70-year-old Maya Murmu was drawing water in Odisha’s Mayurbhanj district when the wild animal suddenly appeared and trampled her. Though Murmu was taken to a local hospital, she succumbed to her injuries and died.  Then, as her loved ones gathered to put her to rest, the wild elephant appeared again alongside a larger herd. It stormed the funeral, knocked Murmu from her funeral pyre, trampled her body again, and tossed it away. The Times of India additionally reports that the elephants also damaged a number of houses, including Murmu’s.  “We were terrified after witnessing the elephant herd on Thursday evening,” one villager told the Times of India. “We have never had such a ferocious elephant bunch earlier.”  Murmu’s shocked family was able to retrieve her body and finish the funeral. This time, the elephant didn’t return. But questions remain over what prompted the attack in the first place — and why the elephant returned to attack Murmu a second time. Find out more in the episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/inner-monolog/message