For some reason, a buddy thought of me when he read this story. Not sure what that means, but it is a good story.

           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 Tapu 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.