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 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, Peter 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. 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 teenaged son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one
of
the creatures turned and walked over to where Peter and his
son
Cameron were standing. The large bull elephant stared at
Peter
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, Peter couldn’t 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
his
stupid ass against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn’t the same elephant.
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