An American tourist has been found dead in a reserve in Thailand after apparently being trampled by elephants, park rangers said.
The woman went missing after leaving a camping ground in Kaeng Krachan National Park, the country’s largest, last week.
Seventy people were involved in a five day search for her and when her body was recovered, the severity of the injuries indicated she was likely trampled to death.
"Her arms, her wrists and other parts of the body were broken, so we assumed she was trampled by elephants because no humans could have caused such powerful damage to the body," said police Colonel Woradet Suanklaai.
"Looking at the pictures she took in her camera, we see a lot of animals, birds, snakes, lizards," he said.
"We assumed she wanted to take pictures of elephants because that's what the Kaeng Krachan National Park is famous for."
The woman, who was in her 20s, was travelling alone.
Kaeng Krachan covers nearly 3,000 square metres (32,300sq ft) of forest. It is about 124 miles (200km) southwest of Bangkok.
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