Bull in a china shop? No, it's an elephant in a grocery store

A hungry elephant, covered in mud, devoured nine bags of sweet rice crackers, some sandwiches and dried bananas in a grocery shop in Thailand on Monday.

BANGKOK — A hungry and mud-caked wild elephant surprised shopkeepers at a grocery store in Thailand this week, ransacking shelves in search of food.

The male elephant, known as Plai Biang Lek, had wandered over from Khao Yai National Park into the nearby town of Pak Chong, about 125 miles northeast of Bangkok.

In a video posted online, the shop owner, Kamploy Kakaew, can be heard scolding the elephant as national park workers try to usher him out. Unperturbed, the animal continues to munch on various items as he dusts the floor with crumbs and mud.

The voracious pachyderm finally backed out of the store, a bag of snacks still clasped in his trunk.

A hungry elephant raiding a grocery store in Pak Chong, Thailand, on Monday.Kanokporn Sriboon / APKamploy said the elephant ate items she had bought at the market that morning, including about nine bags of sweet rice crackers, a sandwich and some dried bananas.