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An Elephant's Memory; An Amazing Story
Incredible story.......makes you think how smart animals really are!
In 1986, Peter Davies 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
Peter approached it very carefully.
He got down on one knee, inspected the elephant's foot, and found a
large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. 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. The elephant turned to face the man, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments.
Peter stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Peter never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Twenty years later, Peter was walking through the Chicago Zoo with
his teenage son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the
creatures turned and walked over to near where Peter and his son Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Peter, 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, Peter could not help wondering if
this was the same elephant. Peter 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 Peter legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.
This is for everyone who sends me those heart-warming bull****
stories..
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The story did have a happy ending. Peter's son inherited the cherry '65 Shelby GT350 his dad bought new and kept garaged.
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Mark
RCR GT40 Mk1
FFR Daytona Coupe (sold, sniff)
1968 GT500KR (clone)
1966 GT350 (clone)
1967 Mustang convertible (unmolested so far)
Hey, my whole life is a fake!
The story did have a happy ending. Peter's son inherited the cherry '65 Shelby GT350 his dad bought new and kept garaged.
...So Peter's son headed home. He grabbed the garage door opener and stood in the driveway. As he took a deep breath, he pressed the button and slowly the door began to sprang to life, creaking and springing upward.
As the light slowly filled the garage, his fathers prized car was finally revealed to him . . .
RCR GT40 Mk1
FFR Daytona Coupe (sold, sniff)
1968 GT500KR (clone)
1966 GT350 (clone)
1967 Mustang convertible (unmolested so far)
Hey, my whole life is a fake!
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An Elephant's Memory; An Amazing Story
