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ed monahan POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Cincinnati, Oh, USA |
posted 09-26-2007 08:40 PM
I don't usually like these heartwarming stories, but this one is truly interesting.. 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, Mbembe 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
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Bob Miller POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Alexandria, Virginia, United States |
posted 09-26-2007 08:51 PM
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Wayne Finch POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Personal ScrapBook From:Toronto, Canada |
posted 09-26-2007 09:53 PM
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pumpkin POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie Visit Waleke's World Personal ScrapBook From:Las Cruces, NM, USA |
posted 09-26-2007 10:50 PM
Man thats the best, was real good to the end an bang. |
ALLEY CAT POA Lifetime Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:mesa, az, USA |
posted 09-26-2007 11:28 PM
The untold story,,,,,,,,,,,,,Mkele Mbembe was a Chicago repo man, lol. |
bowton POA Site Supporter Prowler Junkie From:Walla Walla, WA. USA |
posted 09-26-2007 11:42 PM
Now, thats funny Ed. |
PROWLEU Prowler Junkie From:Marietta, GA USA |
posted 09-27-2007 06:05 AM
Here's the rest of the story..... The elephant in the zoo was the son of the first elephant, and the older elephant told his son, "If you ever see some guy with too many consonants in his name who stole my toothpick at knifepoint, I want you to kill him." |
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