New York 1886 - Escaped Gorilla on Long Island - Tirademan!

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Originally posted by Tirademan in 2011 in the New York Incidents Or Field Observations (page 3).  Re-posted here to improve accessibility.

 

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Here's a slightly more fulsome account, published in the Atlanta (GA) Constitution on November 02, 1886.  Shocking how there are no newspaper articles that were written when the gorilla escaped the museum to be found.