Re: [Epic] Meese

From: Sutherland <charles_at_...>
Date: Mon, 19 May 1997 10:17:50 -0500

At 09:03 PM 5/19/97 -0500, you wrote:
>At 11:31 AM 5/17/97 +0200, you wrote:
>
>>The Swedish army actually held a Ekl ridden cavalry compant some time in
>>the 1500-1700 (or something like that. They scared the shit out of the
>>Germans (and most other mid to south Europeans too), as they nevar had
>>seen any elks before and they are noticably larger than horses and quite
>>agressive when irritadet (ie in battle).
>
> I think it was WWII when the Swedes were using elk-drawn sleds to
>remove casualties from the front line. There was an elk that was decorated
>after pulling several unconscious soldiers more than 20 miles to the
>hospital over rough terrain without direction with a broken leg. I think
>the driver was killed in the explosion that injured the elk. The Elk was
>given one of the highest honors the army had to give, and there were
>pictures of the elk with a medal hanging off of its antlers on the front of
>several newspapers.
> The elk was subsequently captured and Hitler ordered it executed.
>What a wanker.
>
>Temp
>
>
        "Mein Gott!!! Dey have UberElk. Vee must not allow dis. Capture dis
uberelk and exucute him."

Scene of an elk being stalked by a company of SS commandoes.
the elk killed 5 of them before being captured :)
>
Received on Mon May 19 1997 - 15:17:50 UTC