AN INTERESTING STORY!
In 1986, a man named Mark 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 Mark 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, Mark 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. Mark stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Mark never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Mark was walking through the Chicago Zoo . As he approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mark was standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mark , lifted its front foot off the ground, and then put it down. The elephant did this several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mark couldn't help wonder if this was the same elephant.
Mark 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 Mark 's legs and slammed him against the railing, squashing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
In 1986, a man named Mark 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 Mark 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, Mark 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. Mark stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Mark never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Mark was walking through the Chicago Zoo . As he approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where Mark was standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mark , lifted its front foot off the ground, and then put it down. The elephant did this several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man. Remembering the encounter in 1986, Mark couldn't help wonder if this was the same elephant.
Mark 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 Mark 's legs and slammed him against the railing, squashing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.