Smoke up the Trunk? 
2003 Reader Submission
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y children had been bothering me for months to take them to the zoo and when we finally went, we had no idea what would witness that day.
We had made the rounds observing the various animals when we came upon a pen that housed an elephant ride attraction. We were patiently waiting in line and watching the others ride around in a small circle on the elephant. Well, this one guy and his kids get up and into the bucket \ saddle contraption and begin their ride. When the circle had been just about completed the guy reached in his pocket, pulled out a smoke and lit it up. The trainer asked the man to extinguish it but the guy was being very uncooperative and said "you think this thing minds a little smoke?" The trainer then assisted the family in getting off the ride and probably couldn't wait to get this guy, who was still smoking, out of the pen. Once the guy got off the elephant he walked around to the front of it, took a big drag on the cigarette and blew the smoke toward the elephant’s mouth. The trainer, horrified, sternly asked the guy to leave. "What? Can’t you see? he likes it", the guy said. He then took another drag and blew it at the beast the same way he had before, except this time the elephant reacted very differently. The elephant swung its trunk back and then slammed it into the guy sending him flying at least five feet. When the guy landed he smacked his head against a big boulder and was bleeding pretty badly. The zoo security called for an ambulance and the guy layed there bleeding in wait. While I believe the guy survived the incident, he surely learned a lesson that day. To top it off, the trainer took the elephant away and stopped the rides for the day.
Submitted on 06/18/2003
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