Elephant House (Bansalan, Davao del Sur)

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Uploaded by on Feb 5, 2008

Bansalan's Unique Elephant House
Special Report from GMA7 SAKSI

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  • Asked if his family would live with him inside the unique structure, Oracion said it depends on them but added they had always supported his decision.

    "But if they won't, I will develop a resort here," he said.

    Paul said aside from the elephant house, he was also planning to build other structures modeled from other animals.

    "It's like living in the middle of a safari," he said.

  • Paul said since his childhood, he has liked elephants so much although he has never seen one in his life.

    That drove him to dream of having a house shaped like an elephant one day.

    When he became a seaman, he set aside some amount from his earnings for his dream house.

    Paul said his dream is slowly becoming a reality now that construction has started.

    The house would cost around P3 million when finished.

  • The house, owned by Paul, is shaped like an elephant.

    "A motorist once nearly met an accident when he glanced at the building while driving," a resident of Rosal Street told the Inquirer.

    Paul said the pachyderm-shaped house was designed by his cousin, Faustino Oracion, the one who sculpted the "Statue of David" in Times Beach in Davao City.

    That statue became controversial for a time because of its depiction of male nudity.

  • Elephant-shaped house attracting passersby in Davao town

    By Orlando Dinoy

    Mindanao Bureau

    First Posted 01:57am (Mla time) 01/08/2008

    BANSALAN, DAVAO DEL SUR—People passing along Rosal Street in Barangay Poblacion Uno here could not resist taking a pause and being amazed at a house that is being built from concrete, wood and steel.

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  • ANG GANDA NG BAHAY SA BANSALAN NONG HUGIS ELEPHANTE PWEDE AKIN NA LANG ANG IYAN CHAR2X LANG

  • he rented my granma's house dito cebu last year... at first di ko pa alam yung tungkol sa elephant house.... then nagsearch ako bout nito.. hahaha tapos i freaked out nung nalaman ko toh..

  • kala ko gawa sa elepante ung bahay haha

  • more updates on when it will be finished?

  • hehehe elepante jud diay

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