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Bleeding Heart Sharif sent us this incredible
story which tugs at our heart strings!
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.
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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 near 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 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 bullshit stories. Amen
Bleeding hearts are
herbaceous perennials.
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