[kj] The elephant story - a touching tale

[Alexander Smith]

Bahahahahahahahaha.

Alex in NYC


On Oct 18, 2007, at 5:54 PM, jo wrote:


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> I'm not going soft, but sometimes I like these heartwarming  

> stories, and this one truly is amazing.   Enjoy

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> In 1986, Dan Harrison ( see picture above ) was on holiday in    

> Kenya after graduating from Northwestern University .

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> 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 Dan 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, Dan 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.  Dan stood frozen,  

> thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the  

> elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.

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> Dan never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

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> Twenty years later, Dan 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 Dan and his son Dan Jr. were  

> standing.  The large bull elephant stared at Dan , lifted its front  

> foot off the ground, and 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, Dan couldn't help  

> wondering if this was the same elephant.

> Dan 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 Dan's  

> legs and

> slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

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> Probably wasn't the same elephant.

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