Pennsylvania 1920/12/14 - The Gorilla Heads to Snyder County (Part 1)

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News about the Doerr Terrace gorilla vanished from Pittsburgh newspapers after August, 1920.  But in December, new reports came in about a supposed gorilla, which escaped from a circus and attacked young Samuel Bolig (or Boling or Bolling in some reports) near Lewiston.  The shorter article is from The Pittsburgh (PA) Press on December 14, 1920; the longer from The Harrisburg (PA) Patriot-News on December 17, 1920. 

 

UPDATE: A third article, added below, was published in the Altoona (PA) Tribune on December 15, 1920; it contains more information about the early encounters with the "gorilla."

 

 

                                 

 

 

 

Edited Sunday at 12:13 AM by Trogluddite
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