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May 13, 2010 11:15am
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 elephants 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 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 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 fucking elephant.
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 elephants 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 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 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 fucking elephant.
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June18
Posts: 298
May 13, 2010 11:28am
good stuff!!!
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wizecracker
Posts: 139
May 13, 2010 11:29am
haha awesome!
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baseballstud24
Posts: 547
May 13, 2010 11:44am
lol...I believed it until like the last two lines...and I started to think to my self "Oh noooooo"...By the time I could comprehend what I was thinking, I was laughing out loud.
j_crazy
Posts: 8,372
May 13, 2010 11:57am
i've hear it before, it never gets old.
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mattinctown
May 13, 2010 4:46pm
Awesome, I thought it was a true story as well until the end.
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Nate
Posts: 3,949
May 13, 2010 4:52pm
ROFLMAO
Heretic
Posts: 18,820
May 13, 2010 4:52pm
Awesome! I'm reading it and thinking..."Man, this is some lame modern retake of one of Aesop's Fables." And then I got to the end. And laughed. My day is happier, now.
Thread Bomber
Posts: 1,851
May 13, 2010 4:59pm
It would have ended up better with the elephant sodomizing the man.....
Red_Skin_Pride
Posts: 1,226
May 13, 2010 7:08pm
haha that shit is hilarious. Nicely done.