Guest Denny Crane Report post Posted April 10, 2007 A Touching Elephant Story 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, Mbemb 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. Probably wasn't the same elephant. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
hybrid 1043 Report post Posted April 10, 2007 heh Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ED1RTY 2 Report post Posted April 10, 2007 awesome. Elephant pwnage Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
OLLIE 26 Report post Posted April 10, 2007 the elephant was pissed off with being in captivity, wanted to get back at man kind, any man will have done. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
QuickSilver 0 Report post Posted April 11, 2007 the elephant was ACTUALLY pissed off because that f**ker didnt give me the last rolo 20 years ago. just goes to show, never be stink about rolos... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
