Originally Posted by Alexamateo
In 1979, Markabilly was on holiday in Kenya after graduating from college .
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 Markabilly approached it very carefully. He got down on one knee, inspected the elephants foot, and found a large piece of wood deeply embedded in it. As carefully and as gently as he could, Markabilly worked the wood out with his knife, after which the elephant gingerly put down its foot.
The elephant turned to Markabilly, and with a rather curious look on its face, stared at him for several tense moments. Markabilly stood frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Markabilly never forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
Thirty years later, Markabilly was walking through the zoo with his family. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned and walked over to near where he and his family were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Markabilly, 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 1979, Markabilly could not help wondering if this was the same elephant, so he 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 Markabilly's legs and slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly.
Probably wasn't the same elephant.