A truly heartwarming story

**Blaaaaaaaah** · 10-10-2007, 02:17 PM

I got this from another email forward (yes I've been getting a lot recently). A really heart warming story indeed. There's no pictures because I couldn't see the picture in my email.

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In 1986, Dan Harrison (see picture above) 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 Danâ€™s legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.

Probably wasn't the same elephant.

**Lilian** · 10-10-2007, 02:25 PM

...this is why I don't use email anymore. >.>

lol j/k, this one was in fact more amusing than I thought it would be.

Elrohier · 10-10-2007, 02:33 PM

Oh, I see what you did there, got ya. False expectations.

Wait a minute...

Baaaaaaaad Blaaaaaaaah!

**Blaaaaaaaah** · 10-10-2007, 02:33 PM

Originally Posted by Lilian

lol j/k, this one was in fact more amusing than I thought it would be.

Same.. I was like "Pffft..", then at the end I was like

. I should have known, since the friend that sent it to me has always been an evil-type of person.

.o0O0O0o. · 10-10-2007, 02:43 PM

The question arise... why have such friends?

**Blaaaaaaaah** · 10-10-2007, 02:46 PM

LMAO! Oh, my friend isn't completely pure evil... it's "LOL that person got owned" type of evil. xD

Zotius · 10-10-2007, 03:01 PM

But evil is still evil. Oh well if you can't tell it's the same elephant, then don't try to find out. Better safe than sorry eh...

**Yosei** · 10-10-2007, 05:34 PM

Elephants have good memory. Its possible it did remember him ^o^ lol

PwnageCleric · 10-10-2007, 05:39 PM

Should i bother reading the wall ? .period or dot.

PwnageCleric · 10-10-2007, 05:40 PM

edit: omfg it didnt appear so i typed again. and i read it and laughed hard lol.