"Murderous Mary" the Elephant ... reminds me of watching the Disney cartoon Dumbo when Dumbo's mother is locked up.
To: DogByte6RER
2 posted on
05/24/2012 2:33:01 PM PDT by
CatherineofAragon
(Time for a write-in campaign...Darryl Dixon for President)
To: DogByte6RER
3 posted on
05/24/2012 2:40:36 PM PDT by
blueyon
(The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
To: DogByte6RER
Never heard of this one...there’s an infamous movie in existence of another mankiller elephant that was executed by electrocution.
4 posted on
05/24/2012 2:46:00 PM PDT by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
To: DogByte6RER
Erwin is a great little mountain town. One time I asked a couple of people in an Erwin restaurant about the hanging. One was an old man who claimed his father witnessed it. For anyone interested, the late great Harry Crews wrote about the incident in an essay back in the 70's that appeared in his collection Blood and Grits. I believe the essay was about a backpacking trip on the Appalachian Trail that took him to Erwin.
To: DogByte6RER
WTF ! I bet the elephant wondered what was going on other than being choked !
To: DogByte6RER
I think that’s a “composed” (put-together) photograph...unless “Murderous Mary” was not that big of an elephant. I’ve seen and stood next to wrecker cranes like that one...an elephant would look a bit bigger compared to the crane.
19 posted on
05/24/2012 8:24:38 PM PDT by
M1903A1
("We shed all that is good and virtuous for that which is shoddy and sleazy... and call it progress")
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