azrubyman
08-08-2006, 05:17 PM
In 1986, Mike Embe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from college. 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 Mike approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot, and found a
large thorn deeply embedded in it.
As carefully and as gently as he could, Mike worked the thorn 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 stern look on its face, stared at him. For several tense moments Mike stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away.
Mike never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later he was walking through a zoo with his teenaged son.As they
approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mike and his son were standing.
The large bull elephant stared at Mike and 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, Mike couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mike 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.
Suddenly the elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of the man's legs and swung him wildly back and forth along the railing,
killing him.
Probably wasn't the same elephant
elephant standing with one leg raised in the air.
The elephant seemed distressed so Mike approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee and inspected the elephant's foot, and found a
large thorn deeply embedded in it.
As carefully and as gently as he could, Mike worked the thorn 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 stern look on its face, stared at him. For several tense moments Mike stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned and walked away.
Mike never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later he was walking through a zoo with his teenaged son.As they
approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mike and his son were standing.
The large bull elephant stared at Mike and 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, Mike couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mike 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.
Suddenly the elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of the man's legs and swung him wildly back and forth along the railing,
killing him.
Probably wasn't the same elephant