John Merrick My life is full because I know I am loved. Dr. Frederick Treves Am I a good man? Or a bad man? Bytes Life!... is full of surprises. Consider the fate of this creature's poor mother, struck down in the fourth month of her maternal condition by an elephant, a wild elephant. Struck down!... on an uncharted African isle. The result is plain to see... Ladies and gentlemen... The terrible... Elephant... Man!