rockyjeep
06-06-2008, 01:03 PM
In 1986, Peter Davies was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from
Northwestern University.
On a hike through the bush,he came across a young bull elephant
standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed
distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a
large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently
as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after
which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to
face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him
for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else
but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned,
and walked away.
Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his
teenaged son.
As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned
and walked over
to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull
elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put
it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly,
all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986,
Peter couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter
summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into
the enclosure.
He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The
elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs,
and slammed his stupid ass against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
This is for all of my friends who send me those heart-warming stories.
Northwestern University.
On a hike through the bush,he came across a young bull elephant
standing with one leg raised in the air. The elephant seemed
distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot and found a
large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently
as he could, Peter worked the wood out with his hunting knife, after
which the elephant gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to
face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him
for several tense moments. Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else
but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned,
and walked away.
Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his
teenaged son.
As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned
and walked over
to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull
elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put
it down. The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly,
all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986,
Peter couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Peter
summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing and made his way into
the enclosure.
He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder. The
elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs,
and slammed his stupid ass against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
This is for all of my friends who send me those heart-warming stories.