Mike Hogan was the name of the dad in "The Hogan Family"
little known fact there. - RB \ --- In [email protected], Julie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Ok, since no-one's posting, I'll post this: > > > I don't usually like these heartwarming stories, but this one is truly > interesting... > > In 1986, Mike Hogan 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 > Mike > 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, Mike 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. Mike stood frozen, thinking > of > nothing else but being trampled. Eventually the elephant trumpeted loudly, > turned, and walked away. > > Mike never forgot that elephant or the events of that day. > > Twenty years later, Mike was walking through the Chicago Zoo with his > teenage > son. As they approached the elephant enclosure, one of the creatures turned > and > walked over to near where Mike and his son Owen were standing. The large > bull > elephant stared at Mike, 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, Mike couldn't help wondering if this was > the > same elephant. > > > Mike 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 Mike's legs > and > slammed him against the railing, killing him instantly. > > > > Probably wasn't the same elephant. >
