thenakedcellist
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AN INCREDIBLE STORY > > 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, 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 knife, after which the elephant> gingerly put down its foot. The elephant turned to face the man, and witha> 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> teenage 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 could not 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 him 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 bullshit> stories.
