Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe COLOMBO, Sri Lanka, June 22 (UPI) -- A confident young girl in Sri Lanka was recorded bringing an elephant to a halt with an outstretched hand and a command. The elephant slowly walks down a road in the June 5 footage as the young girl approaches from the opposite direction. Advertisement The girl stops walking, holds out one hand toward the elephant and shouts a command. The elephant, startled, stops in its tracks. The girl starts to walk toward the elephant, which backs away before fleeing into some trees. Read More Dehydrated elephant drinks 26 gallons of water during muddy well rescue Sheep adopts orphaned baby elephant at South Africa sanctuary Baby elephant rescued from drainage well in South Africa