“As the group were walking, an elephant suddenly emerged and charged at him,” Mashaba said. "He tried to scare it off with the revolver he was carrying, but he was ultimately attacked by the elephant."

“There is no evidence that suggests the firearm was used," the police spokesperson added.

Wait... what? So he tried to threaten an Elephant with just pointing a gun? Or was he unable to fire it in time, even as a warning shot?

After the reserve announced Freeman’s death on Facebook on Friday, April 10, tributes poured in — including from one community member who claimed that Freeman once said he "would rather be killed by” an elephant than shoot one.

This is pretty thin. Not saying that it isn't true, but headlines are now just "things I read on facebook". This whole story is weird.