The band’s name, according to lead singer Matt Shultz, came from an incident in 2006 when a mentally disabled man approached the band after a show. He hugged Shultz and kept repeating the sentence “You have to cage the elephant” over and over again. This explanation has been the subject of debate, as Schultz has given contradictory explanations in various interviews. Despite this, the encounter with the mentally disabled man remains the most widely cited and consistently reported account by media outlets.
Encounter with mentally disabled man
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