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Elephants at Icking 1

Sunday afternoon. A pleasant walk to the Isar nearby. I took my camera, though it was gloomy, and I had little hope of taking any noteworthy pictures. For once, I was lucky.

In Winter, we have to reckon with things like this. Nevertheless, an encounter with elephants is always spectacular. I took several pictures, and found it difficult to keep the camera steady. My efforts to repair the first photo of the series were only moderately successful.
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renovatio06 said:

Really wild, wow! :D Right, Crocofant, that's the name of that circus. I think, I have seen - and photographed - those two, as well. Must have been late summer 2007, when they were being filmed at AGROB studios in Ismaning (*rummages through his image library.. ,-)*)
16 years ago

Kees replied to renovatio06:

I think I remember your pictures. If you’re an Ickinger, and go for a walk, you know you may encounter those elephants, and it exhilarates you if you do. It’s different when you have no reason to expect them. My first encounter in the woods, years ago, was a sensation. I didn’t call the police, though, as did a lady earlier this week:
“Hungriger Elefant am Straßenrand
Ein gehöriger Schrecken ist einer Autofahrerin am Samstag südlich von Grünwald in die Glieder gefahren: Sie fuhr gegen 14.30 Uhr Richtung Ebenhausen – und sah ein paar Meter neben der Straße zwischen den Bäumen eines Waldstücks einen Elefanten, der scheinbar frei umherlief und gerade ein paar Äste verspeiste. Die Frau verständigte die Polizei. Die Streife konnte die Situation aber schnell aufklären: Der Elefant war in Begleitung eines Pflegers, beide gehören zu einem Wanderzirkus, der zurzeit in Icking stationiert ist. Elefanten brauchen Auslauf, weswegen der Pfleger das große Tier also sozusagen Gassi führte. Elefant und Pfleger durften mit dem Segen der Polizei weiterlaufen.”
(Süddeutsche Zeitung, February 4th, 2008)
16 years ago ( translate )

renovatio06 said:

Ich lach mich tot! :-D Zu gut! ;-)
16 years ago
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