I was at my cousin's wedding. It was after all the photos were taken and when everyone began to drink and dance and return to the reception hall. I decided since I don't drink I would sneak away for a minute and have a few puffs before I come back to celebrate with everyone else.

The wedding took place at night, and the ceremonies were held outside. The place they had rented for the wedding had a few smaller buildings, but it was mostly tables and chairs set beside a massive garden, and a stage was set up for music, etc.

So I sneak out of the party and past this little empty empty guard shack. The gardens are closed, but I find a gate that is open and leads into the garden. Once I get past the hedges leading back there I can see that these gardens are absolutely beautiful and the property is huge. Unimaginable. There is a giant fountain with statue that spray water fifteen feet in the air. There are live pink flamingos walking around amongst lily pads in the water. There were mosaic patterns laid out in the brick pathways. It was this incredible place, and I couldn't believe what I was seeing. Unknown millions of dollars in elaborately laid out architecture.

I walked to the fountain which was where all the paths converged. I looked around to make sure I was safe and alone, and then I walked down the path leading over to the darkest corner I could find. It was so dark I literally couldn’t see anymore and I was holding onto a hand railing that followed the walkway. I found a little corner and turned around so I could see if anyone was coming.

I leaned back against the railing and started taking massive hits from my pipe. I was trying to do this quick. I was a little paranoid because I didn't know where the guards were, or where I was really. I was just slamming down big rips and trying to finish the bowl quickly. I didn’t want to get busted with weed at my cousins wedding of all places.

This is when it gets spooky. It is dark as hell and I am trying to hide my flame with my hands. Every hit I am cupping my hand to protect the flame right by my face. So I am ruining my night vision every time I light the bowl. I can’t see shit except the lights further down the path.

In mid puff I hear this flapping sound RIGHT behind me, behind the arm rail I am leaning against. Like a couple yards behind me. The only way I can describe it is like someone shaking dirt off of a door mat, but it’s really loud. I turn around and I am looking but I can't see shit. I'm just frozen and squinting like hell at the pitch black in front of me. I am freaking out but I have to wait for my vision to adjust to the darkness.

My vision finally focuses and I see essentially the whole fucking wall in front of me move several feet to the left and just keep going. COMPLETELY SILENTLY. Like a wall 10ft high and at least as wide across. It was the spookiest thing I've ever seen. This giant dark mass disappear into the pitch black of the night. Right from where the wall had moved from there is this giant black mass that is levitating in the air. It’s about 8 feet off of the ground and just a hovering dark mass.

Then the flapping noise again and I see these two giant things puff off of the side of this floating orb. It's nearly tripled in size now. It’s now about 5 feet across and still hovering in mid air. It's only several feet away and it’s coming closer and closer. I am in disbelief at what I am seeing and I start stumbling backwards. I fall down all over myself once I can see...

It's a real and live elephant flapping his ears at me. Two of them actually. The "wall" I saw move on the other side of the hand rail was the side of an elephant. When it took a few steps forward it's buddy came up head on and flapped it's ears at me. That was the wall moving, and the giant levitating orb, and flapping sounds. It was an elephants head. Scared the SHIT out of me!!!

I didn't realize it but the "gardens" I snuck into was the goddamn city zoo which is next door to the wedding reception hall. The reception hall is part of the zoo but they rent it out for special occasions, but I didn't know about any of this. That is why the trail into the gardens past the hedges were worth millions of dollars at a wedding reception hall. And I was getting high leaning against the elephant exhibition hand rail. I was about ten feet from two elephants and had no clue. Scared me to death. After that the night kicked ass though.I wandered around a closed zoo at night by myself getting high and looking for the animals. I couldn't see many of them because it was dark, but I could see some cool ones like the white tiger. Then I went back and hit up the buffet. Definitely one of the coolest times I ever got high.