jenfly00 0 #1 August 13, 2007 I don't usually like, let alone pass along, these so-called heart-warming stories, but this one is truly interesting... In 1986, Mkele Mbembe 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 Mbembe approached it very carefully. 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, Mbembe 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. Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. Twenty years later, Mbembe 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 Mbembe and his son Tapu were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, 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, Mbembe couldn't help wondering if this was the same elephant. Mbembe 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 Mbembe' s legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly. It probably wasn't the same elephant.----------------------- "O brave new world that has such people in it". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #2 August 13, 2007 "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #3 August 13, 2007 How is that story heart-warming??? I might think that the elephant, after getting the wood pulled out of its foot by the guy, started to trust humans, including those who captured it and put it in the zoo. With THAT experience, it probably regretted trusting people, and finally seeing that man that helped it 20 years ago, took its revenge out on him, misguided though it may be. "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DickMcMahon 0 #4 August 13, 2007 Why do I feel guilty laughing at stories like this? _____________________ Website: Dick’s Stuff Do atheists ever say, “Godammit”? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ACMESkydiver 0 #5 August 13, 2007 Quote How is that story heart-warming??? I might think that the elephant, after getting the wood pulled out of its foot by the guy, started to trust humans, including those who captured it and put it in the zoo. With THAT experience, it probably regretted trusting people, and finally seeing that man that helped it 20 years ago, took its revenge out on him, misguided though it may be. -Do the deaf not understand jokes? Ok Billy, here you go, in sign language: XT kLIOOO OKTII I T CCLOT hahahahahahhaaaa... ~Jaye Do not believe that possibly you can escape the reward of your action. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
BillyVance 35 #6 August 13, 2007 So the whole things a joke, not a real life story? Damn... "Mediocre people don't like high achievers, and high achievers don't like mediocre people." - SIX TIME National Champion coach Nick Saban Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
