AN INCREDIBLE STORY
>
> 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 elephant's 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
> teenage 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 all of my friends who send me those heart-warming bullshit
> stories.
