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Thursday, 05 November, 2009
SUV Vs. Elephant
(with comments)
In Oklahoma: SUV hits elephant that escaped from circus.
An Oklahoma couple driving home from church hit an animal - a really big one.
An elephant that escaped from a nearby circus collided with the couple's SUV Wednesday night when it ran across a rural highway in Enid, about 100 miles north of Oklahoma City.
Police say the 29-year-old elephant had escaped earlier that night from the Family Fun Circus at the Garfield County Fairgrounds. The couple weren't injured in the crash, but police say the elephant had a broken tusk and an injured leg.
That's the photo that accompanies the article. It might be the actual elephant, but that vehicle certainly isn't an SUV.
- By Shel-tone. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @02:28pm:Ouchie! Poor Elephant. Stupid circus.
- By . Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @03:35pm:When I was 18 (quite a long time ago) I was hitchhiking from CA back to the midwest and got stuck in Reno, NV. After nearly two days without scoring a ride, I decided to try my luck hopping a freight train. I ended up drinking whiskey with a couple of old hobos while we waited on the right train to pull out of the yard, which was adjacent to a big casino parking lot. At a certain point I wasn't feeling so great and decided to run into the casino to use the facilities. On my way back out to the tracks, I ran into an elephant. Probably it was part of some show inside the casino, but frankly I'm not altogether sure whether that was it or I just hallucinated it.
- By Mean Jean. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @03:36pm:Having been to Enid I can safely state that this accident will be a hot topic of conversation for the next 40 years.
- By . Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @03:43pm:
On my way back out to the tracks, I ran into an elephant. Probably it was part of some show inside the casino, but frankly I'm not altogether sure whether that was it or I just hallucinated it.
Was the elephant that you saw pink by any chance? - By Lisa. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @06:28pm:It is most likely the van they used to take the elephant to the vet.
- By wally the duck. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @07:35pm:
- By . Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @09:32pm:Lisa,
It's a whole lot easier to bring the vet to the elephant than to transport the elephant to the vet. - By Bisbonian. Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @10:42pm:
the yard, which was adjacent to a big casino parking lot.
That's where I stay when I fly to Reno.
I try not to fly to Reno. - By Gee.... Comment posted 05-Nov-2009 @11:06pm:It's a whole lot easier to bring the vet to the elephant than to transport the elephant to the vet.
decibelcat, that made me think of a really good book I read a while ago called "Carrying Water to Elephants". A good, good read. - By Lisa. Comment posted 06-Nov-2009 @02:59pm:"After the crash, the elephant was taken to a veterinary school for an exam. Dr. Dwight Olson says the elephant doesn't appear to have serious injuries."