The Gorilla Your Dreams
Or rather of your nightmares. The proverbial 400-pound gorilla actually got loose in a zoo in Rotterdam. The angry primate then proceeded to run amok, biting one woman and injuring three other people as well. He also appears to have decided to act out King Kong in real life with the unfortunate woman he chewed on playing the part of Fay Wray.
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands - A 400-pound gorilla escaped from his enclosure and ran amok in a Rotterdam zoo Friday, biting one woman, dragging her around, and causing panic among dozens of visitors before he was finally subdued, officials and a witness said.
The Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo was evacuated and the 11-year-old gorilla, named Bokito, was eventually contained in a restaurant within the park, police spokeswoman Yvette de Rave said.
Four people were injured, including the woman who was bitten, zoo director Ton Dorrestijn said.
Bokito was shot with a sedative dart and recaptured, said zoo spokeswoman Lilian Jonkers, but she couldn't say what his condition was. It was not immediately clear how he managed to climb the high stone walls surrounding his enclosure.
"He got over the moat, which in itself is remarkable, because gorillas can't swim," Dorrestijn said. "He got onto a path for visitors and started running and went at full speed through tables and diners at the Oranje restaurant."
A witness, Robert de Jonge, told NOS radio that he didn't see the gorilla escape but began following it and tried to help after he saw people running and screaming that the animal had grabbed a woman.
The Animal Uprising™ visits Rotterdam. As for the guy saying gorillas can't swim, our Dutch informant tells us that Bokito was actually in training for the 400-yard freestyle for the Gorillympics before he was captured and incarcerated at the zoo. Or we think that's what he said, his English is atrocious and we don't speak much Dutch. Chocolate, treat and border are the only words we know for sure.
By Uncle Pinky, Friday, 18 May , 2007 @ 4:18 pm
From ghoulies,
and ghosties,
and long-legitty beasties,
and aquatic gorillas,
Dear Lord preserve us.
By NortonPete, Friday, 18 May , 2007 @ 4:31 pm
Everyone who goes to a zoo should be handed a leaflet identifying the risks. This would make the zoo much more exciting. Perhaps a kiosk with televisions continuously playing videos of attacks would make people have a bit more respect and make the whole experience real.
Gorillas should be supplied dinner jackets and pipes.
By Purple Avenger, Saturday, 19 May , 2007 @ 7:54 am
If they can’t swim, then they’ve developed teleportation technology…which is much scarier.
Imagine sitting at home on a quiet night and a monstrous silverback just pops into the living room tearing the place up, the pops right back out?