When we face gigantic animals such as elephants, we know we should keep a safe distance as the animals may attack, but we ignore that and we approach them.

A man that was trying to take a selfie with a massive elephant was lucky to escape death after the animal chased him and whacked him away with their truck.

The entire incident was caught on cam.

The video of the incident shows a group of men fleeing for their lives after angering an Indian elephant.

Prior to the chase, the group had invaded the elephant’s personal space in the hope of getting a selfie with the animal.

In the video, one of the men can be seen lagging behind the rest of the group before he trips and falls to the ground.

As his friends continue to run away, the man scrambles to his feet and attempts to make a run for it once more. But this time the elephant caught up.

The elephant whacks the man with its trunk, knocking him to the ground once more before he scrambles away and picks up speed.

The man falls again to the ground and is only able to escape when the elephant effectively loses interest in him.

The man escaped death that day.

According to reports, the incident happened in Hosur in Tamil Nadu, India, earlier this month.

The incident comes after over 50 elephants left the forest to find food in the surrounding area.

It is believed that the elephant in the video got separated from its herd and was followed by a large crowd of villagers.

After the incident, 3 locals tried to do the same thing, and we all know what happened next.