This is an incredible story

[steve1958]

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This is an incredible story!

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In 1986, Peter Davies 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.
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The elephant seemed distressed, so Peter approached it very carefully.
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He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it.
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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.
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The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.
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Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.
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Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.
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Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

 

[steve1958]

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Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the ChicagoZoo with his teenaged son.
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As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and
walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing.
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The large bull elephant stared at Peter, lifted its front foot off the ground, then put it down.
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The elephant did that several times then trumpeted loudly, all the while staring at the man..
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Remembering the encounter in 1986, Peter could not help wondering if this was the same elephant.
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Peter summoned up his courage, climbed over the railing, and made his way into the enclosure.
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He walked right up to the elephant and stared back in wonder.
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The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Peter legs
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and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.


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Probably wasn't the same elephant.
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This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming bullshit stories.​

 

[thurrock bees]