Wisconsin gorilla found in Minnesota
DULUTH, Minn. (AP) — John Bray is looking for the person who lost a massive gorilla on Blatnik Bridge in Duluth.
Bray says he was driving across the bridge Thursday afternoon when a huge stuffed brown stuffed animal flew off the truck in front of him. Bray says it flew up 50 feet and came down in the middle of the road.
He says he pulled over and traffic stopped. He then shoved it into the back of his sports utility vehicle and brought it to his office. He’s a spokesman for the Minnesota Department of Transportation.
Bray says it was a funny incident but someone could have been seriously hurt. He says the driver is required by law to have a load tied down, but he or she won’t get a ticket.
He says the driver could be a Wisconsin resident because the truck was coming from there.
Anyone with information on the stuffed gorilla can contact John Bray at (218) 725-2708
Apr 14, 2009 at 10:35 a.m.
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this is the epitome of a sign my son has in his room: I have flying monkeys and I'm not afraid to use them!! Some are just overgrown monkeys!
Apr 12, 2009 at 7:07 p.m.
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Minnesotans average IQ increased again! Ban the importation!!! The locals hate the competition.
Apr 12, 2009 at 7:03 p.m.
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lol Tater...glad to see someone realized it was meant as a "humorous" piece.
Apr 12, 2009 at 11:08 a.m.
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I think it was a drunk Superior girl and not a gorilla.
Apr 12, 2009 at 10:34 a.m.
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Yeah they caught me again...stuffed me in his SUV and brought me home to his wife.. OMG no way will I would I or can I even touch her. Im a gorilla not a whale !!
Apr 12, 2009 at 9:12 a.m.
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The gorilla was probably a Vikings fan - I've been to the Humptydump and they act like primates.
Apr 12, 2009 at 7:47 a.m.
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Don't send it to Ill they will shoot it
Apr 12, 2009 at 1:33 a.m.
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Was the poor stuffed animal injured in the accident? Do you think they performed one of those robotic surgeries with one of those crane machines?? I have a Snuggle Softener Bear if he needs a transplant!
Apr 12, 2009 at 12:57 a.m.
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They finally found real evidence of Sasquatch.
Apr 11, 2009 at 11:14 p.m.
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Just reading the headline, I thought that a gorilla escaped from a zoo...like Samson used to from the Milwaukee Zoo.
Apr 11, 2009 at 9:09 p.m.
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Oh yeah. Here we go again. Why is it everytime a truck loses a flying gorilla that it's automatically presumed that it's from Wisconsin? I am so tired of primate profiling!
Apr 11, 2009 at 5:51 p.m.
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a thanksgiving gorilla hey.
Apr 11, 2009 at 4:59 p.m.
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Wait! A "flying gorilla"?
They are even more rare.
I haven't seen one since that tequila shot and free beer night.
Apr 11, 2009 at 4:28 p.m.
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"Bray says he was driving across the bridge Thursday afternoon when a huge stuffed brown stuffed animal flew off the truck in front of him. Bray says it flew up 50 feet and came down in the middle of the road." I see Bray is a graduate of the redundancy school of redundancy. Or maybe it was the school of redundancy school.
Apr 11, 2009 at 3:16 p.m.
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Minn DOT spokesman says big gorilla jumped off truck in front of him and got in his vehicle and they went to what bar in Wisconsin? I think Ive been there!
(Sorry couldn't help it)
Apr 11, 2009 at 3:14 p.m.
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This is big news!
How many gorillas are there in Wisconsin anyway?
They are, like, an endangered species or something. {:>)
Apr 11, 2009 at 2:57 p.m.
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*eyeroll*
Slow day, Gazette?
Apr 11, 2009 at 2:04 p.m.
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OMG-- this is the "news" today....
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