hawkfan
09-24-2006, 02:58 PM
Amazing Story....Must read
In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from
> > >> college. 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 thorn deeply embedded in it.
> > >>
> > >> As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the thorn 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
>stern
> > >> 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 he was walking through the Bronx 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 and 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. Suddenly the elephant
> > >> trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembešs legs and
> > >> swung him wildly back and forth along the railing, dismembering and
> > >> eventually killing him.
> > >>
> > >> Probably wasn't the same elephant.
In 1986, Mkele Mbembe was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from
> > >> college. 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 thorn deeply embedded in it.
> > >>
> > >> As carefully and as gently as he could, Mbembe worked the thorn 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
>stern
> > >> 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 he was walking through the Bronx 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 and 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. Suddenly the elephant
> > >> trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk around one of Mbembešs legs and
> > >> swung him wildly back and forth along the railing, dismembering and
> > >> eventually killing him.
> > >>
> > >> Probably wasn't the same elephant.