From the North East Mississippi Daily Journal
4/9/2008 6:44:42 PMBy Danza Johnson
Daily JournalTUPELO – With four gorilla sightings on Thomas Street on Wednesday, it seemed the infamous Oliver inspired a copycat or copy primate.
According to police, two postal workers and two parents picking their children up from school claimed to have seen a huge primate run into the woods behind the post office shortly after 2 p.m.
Because all the accounts were separate instances, School Resource Officer Lt. Terry Sanford said he doesn’t doubt that people saw something, but he’s almost sure it wasn’t a gorilla.
“We got a few calls about the gorilla, but we didn’t see anything,” said Sanford. “People said they saw the animal run into the woods. I think what they saw was a person dressed in a suit trying to get a reaction out of people.”
A local costume dealer said a man and a woman bought a gorilla head and hands Tuesday, stating that they already had a suit.
If anybody wants to arrange Bigfoot sightings in Jackson, we have the above suit here:
3 comments:
Yeah, we like to monkey around up here in Tupelo. Maybe next time the folks lurking in the woods will pick something more creative to tease the kids with. Maybe a unicorn or a huge banana.
By the way, the paper is called the Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal.
Thanks for the link!
Tupelo Biz Buzz
Danza, Danza ... why weren't you there with a camera? LOL
Thanks for the post. I needed the laugh today!
Hiya Biz Buzz!
Thanks for catching that. I've corrected it now. I guess I figured so many other things around here are delta this or the other that I'd change the name of the paper.
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