Runaway Gorilla
We interrupt this blog to bring you the following headline from the Netherlands:
Gorilla Wreaks Havoc in Zoo Escape
According to the article, " A 400-pound gorilla escaped from his enclosure and ran amok in a Rotterdam zoo Friday..."
ABOVE: Meet Bokito,
the runaway Dutch gorilla
All my life, I have waited to see such a headline as this. Sure, some innocent people were hurt by a wild animal running loose in a crowded park, and that is undoubtedly a terrible thing. But seriously, it's an escaped gorilla, and on some level that will always be awesome.
Even the photo caption had a beautiful, weirdly Zen-like quality to it:
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks to the Marmoset for bringing this to my attention. It's been a long two weeks, but I hope to conclude my earlier three-part story soon. I'm sure you were losing sleep over it.)
ABOVE: Meet Bokito,the runaway Dutch gorilla
All my life, I have waited to see such a headline as this. Sure, some innocent people were hurt by a wild animal running loose in a crowded park, and that is undoubtedly a terrible thing. But seriously, it's an escaped gorilla, and on some level that will always be awesome.
Even the photo caption had a beautiful, weirdly Zen-like quality to it:
People grab their chil-See what I mean? How many news photos have a haiku for a caption?
dren as the gorilla, con-
cealed, passes nearby.
(EDITOR'S NOTE: Thanks to the Marmoset for bringing this to my attention. It's been a long two weeks, but I hope to conclude my earlier three-part story soon. I'm sure you were losing sleep over it.)
posted by Skippy | 5:36 PM
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