AN angry elephant charged at a tourist and trampled on him after the man tried to take a selfie with it.

The man, identified as R.Basavaraju, reportedly trespassed into a restricted forest near a temple in southwest India on Sunday.

He allegedly tried to take a picture with the massive mammal but ended up running for his life in a freak incident.

Terrifying footage of the encounter has emerged online - filmed by visitors at the reserve in Karnataka.

It shows the elephant standing on the side of the road before flinging its trunk and charging across the road in front of a moving car- to chase the fleeing tourist.

Basavaraju is seen turning around and dashing away from the mammal into the busy road.

He stumbles and falls before the elephant catches up and stomps on him several times-

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