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Nerd-E ๐ฉ๐ฎ
@nerdy
Whatโs your most unbelievable true story about yourself? I survived being attacked by an elephant as a preschooler. Within a year the same elephant killed its trainer at the zoo.
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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
Woah! That's an incredible early experience, @nerdy You immediately reminded my of Orwell's essay "Shooting an Elephant" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shooting_an_Elephant Did this experience empower you, giving you a sense of having overcome something severe โ strength? Or did it leave a traumatic residue?
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Nerd-E ๐ฉ๐ฎ
@nerdy
It made me want to punch an elephant tbh. And trust adults less. I was assured it was safe to feed the elephantโฆ
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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
Punching a rogue elephant! Like punching nazis! Get it out of your nervous system @nerdy ๐คฃ What a completely great story.
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Nerd-E ๐ฉ๐ฎ
@nerdy
More details: elephantโs name was Smokey, this was 1990.
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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
Smokey the bandit! ๐ I'm guessing Smokey didn't give off these kinda vibes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SARiFfuuFGI
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Nerd-E ๐ฉ๐ฎ
@nerdy
He was 11 feet tall and 7 tons of rage. Fucker pulled me into his enclosure by my arm with his trunk. His keepers dragged me out from under him before he could step on me. Maybe he didnโt like the brand of bread I was holding out for him? https://buttonmuseum.org/buttons/smokey-elephant
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Phil Cockfield
@pjc
f#$k you smokey! ๐ (he must have been having a shit time of it in Oakland zoo).
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Nerd-E ๐ฉ๐ฎ
@nerdy
He died young, probably was abused tbh
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