Sometimes these "heartwarming" stories are a bit too sappy for me, but
> I found this one truly interesting. Please read on.
>
> In 1986, Mikele Mebembe 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 Mikele 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, Mikele 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. Mikele stood
> frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the
> elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Mikele never
> forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
>
> Twenty years later, Mikele 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 Mikele and his son
> were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mikele, 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, Mikele couldn't help wondering if
> this was the same elephant.* Mikele 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 Mikele's legs and slammed him
> against the railing, killing him instantly. Probably wasn't the same
> elephant.
>
> I found this one truly interesting. Please read on.
>
> In 1986, Mikele Mebembe 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 Mikele 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, Mikele 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. Mikele stood
> frozen, thinking of nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the
> elephant trumpeted loudly, turned, and walked away. Mikele never
> forgot that elephant or the events of that day.
>
> Twenty years later, Mikele 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 Mikele and his son
> were standing. The large bull elephant stared at Mikele, 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, Mikele couldn't help wondering if
> this was the same elephant.* Mikele 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 Mikele's legs and slammed him
> against the railing, killing him instantly. Probably wasn't the same
> elephant.
>
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