YouTube: the Gorilla Lost & Found
posted by ModeratorFiled under: Practical Jokes and Mischief
According to an AP report from East Machias, Maine, September 9. 2008, Pilfered primate outstanding in Vt. cornfield:
An 8-foot-tall mechanical gorilla that was swiped in broad daylight from its longtime location outside a store has turned up several hundred miles away – with an apologetic ransom demand… The gorilla’s creator, Ken Booth of the Gorilla Robot Factory in Akron, Ohio, helped out by posting a YouTube video seeking the gorilla’s return and offering a reward.
Here’s the plea: Gorilla Kidnapped from Maine, by GorillaRobotFactory
Then another video turned up on YouTube, showing a hooded person demanding a $1 million ransom – apologizing for causing a flap. “I didn’t know it’d be such a big deal,” the hooded abductor said.
Here’s that one: I have your gorilla, by I am Sammie Longdong of the sock puppet gang!
Read the whole article here.
