He tried to figure out where the rest of the herd was. His head urged him to flee as far and fast as possible. Yet, something about the elephant made his heart want to do something else. When Paul finally mustered the courage to look into the elephant’s eyes, he immediately realized something was seriously wrong.
Paul’s breath hitched. He had encountered elephants before, but nothing like this. She was massive—unnaturally so. African rainforest elephants tend to be smaller than their Savannah counterparts, but this one had a massive belly hung over a scrawny frame . There was something else—something that sent a chill down his spine.