Elephant Story (joke)

[netic]

In 1986, Dan Harrison 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 Dan 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, Dan 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.

> >

> > Dan stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled.

> > Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away.

> >

> > Dan never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.

> >

> > Twenty years later, Dan 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 Dan and his son Dan Jr. were

> > standing.

> >

> > The large bull elephant stared at Dan , 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, Dan couldn't help wondering if

> > this was the same elephant.

> >

> > Dan 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 Dan's legs and slammed him against the

> > railing, killing him instantly.

> >

> > Probably wasn't the same elephant.

[Hodgey]

Just when I thought it was going to be a Kleenex Moment ... *splat*

10/10

Hodgey

[andrew399]

HAHA!! nice one!