An Amazing
Elephant Story
Sometimes these "heartwarming" stories are
a bit too sappy for me but this one is truly interesting...
In 1986, Mikele Mebembe was on holiday in
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, Mikele 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. Mikele stood frozen, thinking of
nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly,
turned, and walked away. Mikele never forgot that
elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Mikele 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 Mikele
and his son Tapu were standing. The large bull
elephant stared at Mikele, 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, Mikele couldn't
help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mikele
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 Mikele's
legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant, huh?
Author Unknown
(But at least we know there’s at least one other warped mind wandering around this planet! Love it… )
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