Touching story? you decide...

steveinaz
steveinaz Posts: 19,536
edited March 2009 in The Clubhouse
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 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 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.
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  • Fireman32
    Fireman32 Posts: 4,845
    edited March 2009
    WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! I needed that after a long day.
  • ND13
    ND13 Posts: 7,601
    edited March 2009
    Sike!!!
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    CAUSE I SPEAK OF THE POMPITIOUS OF LOVE"
  • ntculenuff
    ntculenuff Posts: 1,146
    edited March 2009
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  • AudioGenics
    AudioGenics Posts: 2,567
    edited March 2009
    There was this tiger, who woke up one morning, and just felt great (yes, just like Tony the Tiger: GREAAAAAAT).
    Anyway, he just felt so good, he went out and cornered a small monkey and roared at him:
    "WHO IS THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL THE JUNGLE ANIMALS?"
    And this poor quaking little monkey replied:
    "You are of course, no one is mightier than you."
    A little while later this tiger confronts a deer, and just bellows out:
    "WHO IS THE GREATEST AND STRONGEST OF ALL THE JUNGLE ANIMALS?"
    The deer is shaking so hard it can barely speak, but manages to stammer:
    "Oh great tiger, you are by far the mightiest animal in the jungle."
    The tiger, being on a roll, swaggered, up to an elephant that was quietly munching on some weeds, and roared at the top of his voice:
    "WHO IS THE MIGHTIEST OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE JUNGLE?"
    Well, this elephant grabs the tiger with his trunk, picks him up, slams him down; picks him up again, and shakes him until the tiger is just a blur of orange and black; and finally throws him violently into a nearby tree.
    The tiger staggers to his feet and looks at the elephant and says:
    "Man, just because you don't know the answer, you don't have to get so pissed."
  • comfortablycurt
    comfortablycurt Posts: 6,745
    edited March 2009
    Fireman32 wrote: »
    WAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!! I needed that after a long day.

    x2! That was great! I had a rough day at work today...this story really helped. Thanks!:)
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  • steveinaz
    steveinaz Posts: 19,536
    edited March 2009
    No prob, I'm here all night.
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