junkyard jim
Well-Known Member
In 1986, Mkele Mbembe 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
Mbembe 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, Mbembe
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.
Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but
being trampled.
Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned,
and walked away.
Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the event of
that day.
Twenty years later, Mbembe was walking through
the Chicago Zoo with his
Teen aged son. As they approached the elephant
enclosure, one of the
Creatures turned and walked over to near where
Mbembe and his son Tapu Were standing.
The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, 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, Mbembe
couldn't help wondering if
This was the same elephant. Mbembe summoned up
his courage, climbed over
The railing and made his way into the enclosure.
He walked right up to t he elephant and stared
back in wonder.
The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk
around one of Mbembe's Legs and slammed him
against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.</pre>
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
Mbembe 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, Mbembe
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.
Mbembe stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but
being trampled.
Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned,
and walked away.
Mbembe never forgot that elephant or the event of
that day.
Twenty years later, Mbembe was walking through
the Chicago Zoo with his
Teen aged son. As they approached the elephant
enclosure, one of the
Creatures turned and walked over to near where
Mbembe and his son Tapu Were standing.
The large bull elephant stared at Mbembe, 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, Mbembe
couldn't help wondering if
This was the same elephant. Mbembe summoned up
his courage, climbed over
The railing and made his way into the enclosure.
He walked right up to t he elephant and stared
back in wonder.
The elephant trumpeted again, wrapped its trunk
around one of Mbembe's Legs and slammed him
against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.</pre>
