| My ELVIS Encounters-TRUE STORIES |
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I've always been a big Elvis fan. I live 1 hour from Graceland. I
even have a few Elvis stories. I lived in Memphis,TN from 1973-1975.
When he was not in town(not touring or in Las Vegas),
Graceland's front grounds were open to the public. You could go through
the
open gates and park in the drive and walk around freely. In 1973 we
were there and I was
petting his black cat after getting our pictures taken on the porch and
steps, by some other fans. I guess the cat got tired of me petting him
and was going under
the white wrought iron bench and I tried to get him to come back out.
Well he bit me on my
right hand between my thumb and forefinger. It bleed like crazy. At
that time there was a Pharmacy across the street from Graceland. We
went there and bought some peroxide and gauze and tape. My husband ,at
the time, and rabies control had
to go the next day and catch the cat to get it checked for rabies.(I
knew he was ok, but husband and rabies control insisted). We got to
meet Elvis's grandmother when we told her why we were there and she
confirmed that it was indeed Elvis's cat. Well the cat was ok like I
knew he would be, so no rabies shots for me. YAY! I even still have a 4
acorns that I got from under a huge oak tree in his front yard.
When he was home sometimes he would drive his golfcart with 2-3 bodyguards in tow. I saw him 3 times on the golfcart.
I
also worked at a Walgreen's Pharmacy 1973-1975, and I was a Pharmacy
Tech. His bodyguards came in once a week to fill Elvis's prescr i
ptions for him. He used pharmacies all over Memphis to get his prescr i
ptions filled because he took so many drugs. Yes he was addicted to
prescr i ption drugs. We all knew it but nobody did anything about it.
I was a lowly tech, what could I do???Nothing. Our Pharmacists all
knew, but they knew that if they didn't fill the scr i pts that the
bodyguards would just go elsewhere. So they continued to fill them.
And they always paid with cash. I have to admit , it was exciting as a
21 year old - 23 year old girl to see his bodyguards come in. But it
was sad too, knowing that he was abusing these drugs.
Anyway, that's my Elvis stories....most happy...some sad. |
| Posted: 9/20/2008 at 10:03 | Read 131 times | 1 comment | Leave Comment |
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