A beautiful Elephant Story

[Category 5]

DO ELEPHANTS REALLY HAVE MEMORIES? AN INTERESTING STORY!

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, 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, 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....

[MississippiHurricane]

lol VERY heartwarming. Come on..........what are the chances of meeting the same one again?

[tropicana]

that was funny haahahahaha

[abajan]

OMG, man... definitely not how I expected that story to end!
We must always keep in mind that elephants are essentially wild animals. Mr. Mbembe allowed his emotions to overrule his common sense and he paid the ultimate price.