Unbelievable Story

[radtexan]

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 frikin' elephant.

This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming bs stories.

[Slipped Cork]

So the moral of the story is dont think an elephant is your lifelong friend!

[father of 4]

Rad I think the cold weather in Lubbock is getting to you lol

[cook]

Cool story-brought a tear to my eye




from laughing!!

[porboy298]

Darn, sucked me right in and I swallowed the hook, sinker and bobber.

[big "E"]

radtexan. thank you for that. I get so tired of all the inspiring BS that circulates. And they always end with "please send this to ten friends who need inspiration too" or the like....I liked this one a lot better :D

[hawkman]

radtexan. thank you for that. I get so tired of all the inspiring BS that circulates. And they always end with "please send this to ten friends who need inspiration too" or the like....I liked this one a lot better :D

"Please send this email to 10 people you wish this would happen to." :D

[beagle man]

dang hawkman thats what I was thinking now got to find the worst ten:o

[slab_slayin_fool]

maybe it was the same one but now the elephant is mad or was mad because he didn't put neosporin on it with a bandage give him a lolly pop and a rather large bill and say call me if you need anything else

[backtocrappie]

I'm all busted up and emotional right now, can't talk.

Bwaahhh great story, luved it! Tis true, the animal kingdom is a savage brutal merciless place.