IPFS
IPFS
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.
This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming stories :)
1 Comments in Response to This is an Incredible Story
Cute. Also a fabrication, and not even an original one at that. Sort of like the 9/11fables pushed by the self proclaimed truthers.
And like that stuff, about 10 minutes of research will demonstrate, if not its falsity, then its lack of substance. It takes a little longer to have enough evidence to be considered overwhelming