"Jambo shot to international news stardom overnight on August 31, 1986, when five year old Levan Merritt fell into the gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness"
strangely exposed, the gorilla bawn. they have to understand the enclosure is as much to protect the people from the animals, as it is to protect the animals from the people...
Stupid kid. I worked at a place like this. People wont lean over a wall were there are mean dogs but they will lean over a wall were there is gorillas, or in my case sharks. Then they get mad when we tell them to take their kid off the wall. Well maybe people won't be so stupid after seeing this. WATCH YOU KIDS!!!!!!!
Boy's will be boy's. At least this boy has the chance to grow into a men, he did not die by falling of by the gorilla. He is a very very lucky boy indeed.
Was this the icident at Jersey Zoo many years ago? I went to Jersey Zoo last year and was told this silverback has been dead some time. They have protective fence around the display now, but kids still climb on it.
ugk771 I take it you don't have kids... if that was your child, you'd feel differently. Things can happen in the blink of an eye with kids, no matter how well supervised they are.
Sure, it's the zoo's fault for the ledge being too small. It's the gorilla's fault for being too interesting to look at. It's the shoe company's fault for not making grippier soles on the kid's shoes... there's a lot at fault, I'm just saying... kids have accidents, just glad this one lived to tell the tale.
actually i am a kid right now im 14... wat im saying is is that the kid is smart enough to not do anything stupid to not fall in there.. unless he has a mental illness
Kids climb on things... they get excited and jump around. The kid wasn't stupid because he fell in there, it was an accident. Accidents happen. Hey, when I was your age, ugk771, I was always getting hurt skateboarding... kids have accidents.
Incredible...this isn't the first time this happened either. A Kid fell into the Gorilla exhibit in the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. A female Gorilla cradled him after his 20 foot fall...crazy stuff
"sloppy and whiney"? i don't think you'd be feeling or looking that great if you fell 15 feet and slammed your head off the concrete. i do agree it was stupid of him to lean over that far but you can't blame him for being hurt after breaking a bunch of bones and fracturing his skull...
what kind of parent would just stand waiting at the rail...=/ I would have startign throwing stuff down and jump down with some other people, but nope, everyone just stands and takes pictures to show-off...
escape889: The kind of parent that want their kid up from there in safety. You really believe throwing stuff and make the gorillas extra excited would be a good idea?? In such a dangerous situation you have to use your head right, and to jump down at first when the gorillas checking out the situation could be fatal. I think they handled the situation (a situation that no one should ever be in, and the zookeepers were'nt trained in) proffesional.
What kind of zoo would make it possible for a 4 year old to fall down into the gorilla pit, and then what kind of parent would let his kid stay so close to danger?
clearly gorillas has some kind of emotion,thinking,ect..
if i was born in the jungle like that gorilla and i saw some human idiot running though my stash, yelling " and shooting my family! i would own him just like they would ..
even if the gorilla is pissed off at you it probably won't attack you unless you run away from it. people forget how intelligent gorillas are. hell..chimps are a lot worse
I dont mean this to sound horrible but at the same time that I was worried WTF that Gorilla was going to do when he started crying, I laughed uncontrolably when the Gorilla looked at the boy like -WTF??- then ran away. Im glad nothing happened to the boy though.
stupid fucking parents, he's only a little boy! how could they be so careless and irresponsible as 2 let this happen? the kid should b taken in2 care, the parents obviously are not fit.
I guess the kid fall over.Parents fault not takeing care of him and zoo authorities by leting such a big exposure to people.Tragical moments for those parents.I cannot put myself in that situasion but only God knows what force it needs to jump and interfere...
thats sad....if i was there i woundt give shit to what could of happened i would of jumped down and save the kid or atleast i wont let him get hurt ill let the gorilla kill me if it was my lil sis down there!
actually, the kid was right. when he started crying, he precipitated the help. if he had been quiet, he could have bled to death while people thought of a way to take him out of there.
Aww.. just look at that boys' face. I would have jumped after him, I mean.. that's what any parent (except for his) would do, right?¬¬;; His parents must be morons.
I thought that the gorilla was doing a primal instinct, I actually think that he was trying to, in his mind, keep the kid safe.. Gorilla's aren't going to go out of their way to hurt someone unless it's provoked. Good show for the Gorilla
For all those making comments about how bad the mother is for not watching that child... I feel for her so much, and I'm sure she feels extremely guilty about it already, every mother knows that you can turn away from your child for one second and they are into mischief even if they are well trained and you are an awesome parent. No one should rash judge unless they were there and knew exactly what happened to cause the child to fall in.
I don't think it was her fault that the kid fell in. Kids do stupid things all the time and it's not like we can put a leash on them. But hell, I would have jumped in after him immediately.
Whoooooa. I'd not want to be in that kid's situation.
At around 3:00 in the video you can see a total dumbass action. Why the hell does he approach a gorilla?! He''s get beaten to death if he touches a kid and he can't take on an adult.
The gorillas cared about him, that's so cool!
MrSpinswitch 1 week ago
Did he die
TraaBss 4 months ago
Thank God the gorillas weren't aggressive! :)
Fram1996 7 months ago
what a stupid dad that child have ,you have watch of your child
rnengerman 7 months ago
what an idiot. no matter how many times u tell ur kids to be careful, they end up doing something idiotic. where were the parents for christs sakes@!
HomicideTroop901 8 months ago
The kid is no thread to the silverback. He knows, it's just a weak "baby". So why should he attack the kid?
fuertherbube 10 months ago
Odio los zoo, y tambien odio a la gente que va a ellos, no merecen contemplar los animales, no los respetan.
cholometralleta 1 year ago
@cholometralleta Muy buen punto.
joseluis215119 11 months ago
if he were my son I would definitely jump in no matter what. after all where the parents are?
friscoway415 1 year ago
OMG,, this is so sad. how can it be possibel for a boy to fall in there. wow :-(
MiEagles2008 1 year ago
no era tarzan?
theRDVJ1 1 year ago
i watched this twice.
cadbrycreamegg 1 year ago
At 0:36.
Did the Gorilla Bite his face or did you fell and hit his head?
k2ashley09 1 year ago
How is that possible...
boolytb 1 year ago
Brave man those who jump.
ZZR1400GREY 1 year ago
the gorillas are like O.o wtf just happend ..
palme1991 1 year ago
poor boy waking up with gorillas
lilkimber512 1 year ago
dint ya mean kid falls into gorilla bawn
MattTechnical 1 year ago
how can this kid vault over the wall by him self? someone must of pushed him off
yojoinman 1 year ago
Sweet & awesome gorilla, stupid parents.
Davidovar34 1 year ago 2
stupid kid
dltmdwnfkdldjs 1 year ago
Would be better to drop your kid into the prairie dog exhibit I think.
scrubjay93 1 year ago
he was looking at it and protecting it....
jesbert234 1 year ago 5
jeez what a huge creature... you don't really appreciate the immensity of it till you see it next to a human. cool video.
akika666 1 year ago 2
Gorilla : Hmmm I wood eat that baby...
just kiddyn good the boy Was Fine!
powerpuffMC 1 year ago
lol 0:42 tasting his ass
anyways what the fuck did that little white boy think? dumb ass... probably saw a jackass video or something
FishboiFishboi 1 year ago
scary
jeniusjj 1 year ago
its not the kid fault, it bad parenting
tnice085 1 year ago 3
( 6psychosis6 ) What is your problem ?, your mentally ill !!!
LinconTiago 1 year ago
( 6psychosis6 ) What is your problem ?, your mentally ill !
LinconTiago 1 year ago
how the hell did he got there?
felphero 1 year ago
did u see the size of tht gorrila :o
DoffyCoffy 1 year ago
did u see the size of tht gorrila :o
DoffyCoffy 1 year ago
I would slap that kid so hard .. and then probably put it up for adoption
6psychosis6 2 years ago
after clapping they should go slap the stupid bitch mom..
BluntedNcali 2 years ago
yeah!!!!!! if i would be the father's child ill smack her ass
marihuana00delight 2 years ago
well did u just see how the gorilla was petting the kid. aww...if she could shut up, the gorilla could stay and protect her
SSthemagicviolin 2 years ago
OMG is horrible, but eclipsexz right STUPID KID!!!!!!
DevilDS 2 years ago
OMG poor lil kid
khaledster 2 years ago
damn...where was his mom she needs ta b slapped
ikeepastack 2 years ago 3
From Wikipedia:
"Jambo shot to international news stardom overnight on August 31, 1986, when five year old Levan Merritt fell into the gorilla enclosure and lost consciousness"
Eikinkloster 2 years ago
strangely exposed, the gorilla bawn. they have to understand the enclosure is as much to protect the people from the animals, as it is to protect the animals from the people...
Eikinkloster 2 years ago
omg poor kid =(
Kabuisdk 2 years ago
manky better than the humen some time
AbuTote 2 years ago 3
stupid kid!!!
eclipsexz 2 years ago
@eclipsexz
an even stupid mother.
vasant85 2 years ago 3
Jambo is da best maaang
SeeingNames 2 years ago 2
hooo mon dieu !
heureusement que le gorille ne lui a pas fait de mal !
7denya 2 years ago
Lucky this was a Gorilla enclosure. If he had fallen into a chimpanzee area, he would have been much much more danger.
sonofthedestroyer 2 years ago 5
美國是危險的國家
Oh my god!
Amerecan is dengerls cuntry.
Dioxin1026tw 2 years ago
where was his dad...the dad should've jumped down too...its his son..
random1803 2 years ago 2
the little kid got what he deserved... he's lucky the gorilla didnt go apeshit on him
thizzmasta510 2 years ago
or DO apeshit on him lolololol
stfanani 2 years ago 4
Brave guys gorilla's are incredibly strong and agressive if they want to be
PhilyBdizzle 2 years ago
Bravo le gorille !! Il n'a fait de mal à personne......
Parents, surveillez vos enfants !!!!!
michgo72 2 years ago
if that was my kid i would have jumped in before he hit the ground.
ramjam25 2 years ago
i cant believe that little kid stayed quiet for a few minutes when his arm was broken and he had a fractured skull
BoredToDeath9 2 years ago
thats a fucking huge gorilla
TheAgonyOfVictory 2 years ago
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Joeljoe12345 2 years ago
i 110% respect those zoo keepers for jumping in
pMcARDENboyz 2 years ago 25
no shit
YOUTHENIZINGu 2 years ago
hmm bet the parents wouldnt leave their eye off him again
TaDaIGeuss 2 years ago
Stupid kid. I worked at a place like this. People wont lean over a wall were there are mean dogs but they will lean over a wall were there is gorillas, or in my case sharks. Then they get mad when we tell them to take their kid off the wall. Well maybe people won't be so stupid after seeing this. WATCH YOU KIDS!!!!!!!
AkoniLokepa 2 years ago 8
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fucking kid they say to don't move and fucking noob move i hope that gorrila will fuck him to death
MIKRO2323 2 years ago
no this is what you would call stupid from the mother, father and the kid.
Not bad luck, when you god bad luck u fall. You dont fall over a fence thingy that is higher then you, its your own fault and its stupid.
Inmylifealive 2 years ago
Boy's will be boy's. At least this boy has the chance to grow into a men, he did not die by falling of by the gorilla. He is a very very lucky boy indeed.
macktheknife888 2 years ago
I can remember this on the news!!!!!
jackawoof 2 years ago
Sounds like hes howling
PhilTHC 2 years ago
oh yea u fukin prick the boy is really gona be quiet aint he with a cracked skull and a broken arm u fukin dick!!!!!
lilGdaSniper 2 years ago
wow what a retard SHUT THE FUCK UP WHEN YOUR IN A HOSTILE TERRITORY
eidius1989 2 years ago
wow... da gorilla ddnt hurt him.... omg wheres da zoo keeper da kid its wounded!! but i hope hes fine now..
xbaymicx 3 years ago
Was this the icident at Jersey Zoo many years ago? I went to Jersey Zoo last year and was told this silverback has been dead some time. They have protective fence around the display now, but kids still climb on it.
sumsdiva1 3 years ago
SSJGoku93Returns i remember that my mum told me about that that female gorilla was really nice to crafle him
kiera959 3 years ago
wats wrong wit the fucking zoo kepper?the boy is hurt
dotakingsurf 3 years ago
either way, i say its the kids fault hes in there
ugk771 3 years ago
ugk771 I take it you don't have kids... if that was your child, you'd feel differently. Things can happen in the blink of an eye with kids, no matter how well supervised they are.
frankrfroesejr 2 years ago
You've gotta admit it, its somebodies fault for that kid to be leaning towards the ledge and then falling there
PhilTHC 2 years ago
Sure, it's the zoo's fault for the ledge being too small. It's the gorilla's fault for being too interesting to look at. It's the shoe company's fault for not making grippier soles on the kid's shoes... there's a lot at fault, I'm just saying... kids have accidents, just glad this one lived to tell the tale.
frankrfroesejr 2 years ago 3
actually i am a kid right now im 14... wat im saying is is that the kid is smart enough to not do anything stupid to not fall in there.. unless he has a mental illness
ugk771 2 years ago
Kids climb on things... they get excited and jump around. The kid wasn't stupid because he fell in there, it was an accident. Accidents happen. Hey, when I was your age, ugk771, I was always getting hurt skateboarding... kids have accidents.
frankrfroesejr 2 years ago
you're obviously a kid with no common sense hahaa
nikidizzi 2 years ago
Wow, that must've hurt!
SirBobRagamuffin 3 years ago
mlkia video
daison13 3 years ago
Incredible...this isn't the first time this happened either. A Kid fell into the Gorilla exhibit in the Brookfield Zoo in Chicago. A female Gorilla cradled him after his 20 foot fall...crazy stuff
SSJGoku93Returns 3 years ago
thats what you get for leaving a kid alone AND thats what the kid gets for being up the fence shesh <_< if your in a zoo DO NOT LEAVE KIDS ALONE!
LightNinja01 3 years ago
that video proves that gorrilas can be gentle creatures... but how amazing it was that the gorilla protected him 4 a while.
crystalvandiamond 3 years ago
I felt really bad for the poor boy and his family God bless him
afd80 3 years ago
a gorilla will never hurt a child
roda2007 3 years ago
what was the boy doing down there ?
cezaxgame 3 years ago
sleepin
brunazio 3 years ago
he fell
mario00spoofs00rule 3 years ago
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the boy was fucked in the ass by a gorilla who else can say this
CoolYorkxxx 3 years ago
the gorilla protect this boy, and somebody can kill the parents please thank you
laorcaasesina 3 years ago 35
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STUPID BOY
POOR GORRiLAS.
ALL SOPPY AND WHINEY, JEEZ DONT LEAN OVER THE EDGE THEN SILLY BOY
cutemussy 3 years ago
"sloppy and whiney"? i don't think you'd be feeling or looking that great if you fell 15 feet and slammed your head off the concrete. i do agree it was stupid of him to lean over that far but you can't blame him for being hurt after breaking a bunch of bones and fracturing his skull...
loopdiloop89 3 years ago
yeah i guess so , it just angered me for the poor gorrilas.
cutemussy 3 years ago
Stupid treehugger. The poor Gorillas??? There is a kid laying there extrenmely wounded. The Apes were fine. What the fuck is wrong with you?
VCthaGOATdunker 3 years ago 2
what kind of parent would just stand waiting at the rail...=/ I would have startign throwing stuff down and jump down with some other people, but nope, everyone just stands and takes pictures to show-off...
escape889 3 years ago 4
escape889: The kind of parent that want their kid up from there in safety. You really believe throwing stuff and make the gorillas extra excited would be a good idea?? In such a dangerous situation you have to use your head right, and to jump down at first when the gorillas checking out the situation could be fatal. I think they handled the situation (a situation that no one should ever be in, and the zookeepers were'nt trained in) proffesional.
Pyxi901 3 years ago
What kind of zoo would make it possible for a 4 year old to fall down into the gorilla pit, and then what kind of parent would let his kid stay so close to danger?
zsyed12345678 3 years ago
Is that kid ok now?
dncnutjobs 3 years ago
Yes hes ok, it was ages ago this happened.
braska19 3 years ago 3
WOW the big Gorilla protected the Child from his own family. Its so Great its wonderfull
and the Humans Are Kill Him and sold him body:-(
Fuck and Piss off the Parents from Child WTF comes the child down OMG
You all see the Gorillas Protect Humans please Humans protect the Gorillas.
In Love:-)
OziBerlin21 3 years ago 7
wow look at the first Gorillas arms ! Very massive !
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kkrafteam 3 years ago
clearly gorillas has some kind of emotion,thinking,ect..
if i was born in the jungle like that gorilla and i saw some human idiot running though my stash, yelling " and shooting my family! i would own him just like they would ..
falewl 3 years ago 5
even if the gorilla is pissed off at you it probably won't attack you unless you run away from it. people forget how intelligent gorillas are. hell..chimps are a lot worse
SolidSnakeRules 3 years ago 4
where the fuck are the security? dumb ass man! you see all thet blood? :o
migselv16896 3 years ago 4
dumb parents don't watch their kids..
anac0nda 3 years ago 4
FEIGN DEATH!!! man.. good thing those guys held aggro.
holymoose69 3 years ago
man where the fuck is security, i would jump down there...what the fuck is wrong with people
jdg30 3 years ago 3
another proof that the conception of gorillas being fierce and bloodthirsty is false.
khaladin 3 years ago
I dont mean this to sound horrible but at the same time that I was worried WTF that Gorilla was going to do when he started crying, I laughed uncontrolably when the Gorilla looked at the boy like -WTF??- then ran away. Im glad nothing happened to the boy though.
Oopie6 3 years ago
His face is fucked up
peptobismol9 3 years ago
i know omg did you see all that blood everywhere holy shit
Tregen300 3 years ago
its a girl
stickmasterDX 3 years ago
stupid fucking parents, he's only a little boy! how could they be so careless and irresponsible as 2 let this happen? the kid should b taken in2 care, the parents obviously are not fit.
Bizza4Mike 3 years ago 2
agreed dumb fuckin parents, pisses me off so bad
jdg30 3 years ago 3
duh he fell from the wall O.O
Enianh 3 years ago
I guess the kid fall over.Parents fault not takeing care of him and zoo authorities by leting such a big exposure to people.Tragical moments for those parents.I cannot put myself in that situasion but only God knows what force it needs to jump and interfere...
ovidiumascatu70 3 years ago 2
woooohhh poor kid.why and how did he get in there?
gennarousa 3 years ago
thats sad....if i was there i woundt give shit to what could of happened i would of jumped down and save the kid or atleast i wont let him get hurt ill let the gorilla kill me if it was my lil sis down there!
MonkeyKyubi 3 years ago
it taeches lil kids to be sooooooooooo stupid
nazzy155 4 years ago
we need to teach the next generations of kid not trying to be naughty
oOTreFeatJamOo 4 years ago
did he fall ova
DannyP950 4 years ago
did he fall ova
DannyP950 4 years ago
dont fell sorry for a stupid little terd like that niggas fault he went over shit
CrownTownSouth420 4 years ago
nobody's fault. Just feel sorry for the kid.
Horcruxisto 4 years ago
i me as the gorilla.. i ll tear the kids head to shredd
cenunu 4 years ago
The kid didn't die i know cuz i live in jersey
Tamyaz18 4 years ago
What an idiot kid screaming, his own fault if he got attacked.
ajax123123 4 years ago
if you were 5 and fell down 15 feet on a concrete floor with a huge gash on your face in a cage full of giant monsters with every one watching you....
what would you do?
snakefrog0725 4 years ago 2
oh and with a broken arm and fractured skull and bleeding like crazy
snakefrog0725 4 years ago 2
I would count to 10 and try my best to wake up, it was the parents fault for not looking after the stupid kid.
5029 4 years ago 3
actually, the kid was right. when he started crying, he precipitated the help. if he had been quiet, he could have bled to death while people thought of a way to take him out of there.
Eikinkloster 2 years ago
O.O OMFG
POOR KID
roshanakmofidi 4 years ago
more like emo kid the second his mother says stay down he pops up and starts crying emo EMO
outlawed94 4 years ago
Very nice but it would have been more entertaining if Jambo tore the kid apart limb by limb.
seka1986 4 years ago
Lol tru dat.
ajax123123 4 years ago
Moriria el pobre angelito ? que paso porque callo? Un descuido total de los padres!!!
papayoski 4 years ago
the parents and the boys are a bunch of reatards,it sucks that the kid died some time after that though :(
cheezeyboot1 4 years ago
The kid did not die. I saw him on an interview.
seka1986 4 years ago
Wow thts just sad and the parents we're just watching wow...
GaryAkAdeja 4 years ago
that boy opened his head like a fruit with that fall..... damm you see all the blood , its not funny
67588wolf123 4 years ago
The parents should have been watching him.? But also that kid is pretty stupid for falling in.
Kalashnikovkira 4 years ago
Ay que pena madre!!!! Que lastima que da el niño!!! En serio, que penita de chiquillo. Que monos los gorilas, no le hacen nada malo.
OSEAMOLOYO1983 4 years ago
too bad the boy died anyway three days leter...
Abercr0mbie4life 4 years ago
Really?
i1love2ana3 4 years ago
The boy did not die.
seka1986 4 years ago
Omg :O
xprincessemox 4 years ago
those guys are lucky those gorillas didnt rip their genitals off and eat them
Triple3Deuce2 4 years ago
Aww.. just look at that boys' face. I would have jumped after him, I mean.. that's what any parent (except for his) would do, right?¬¬;; His parents must be morons.
Raisedone 4 years ago 3
the parents of boy is idiot!!
hingigo 4 years ago
i like gorillas...but i couldnt eat a whole one
drluurrve 4 years ago 2
the moral of this is never let your children climb on animal enclosures.
bkelaries 4 years ago 2
Did you think thAt up,ALL BY YOURSELF??
johnnywad47 4 years ago
I thought that the gorilla was doing a primal instinct, I actually think that he was trying to, in his mind, keep the kid safe.. Gorilla's aren't going to go out of their way to hurt someone unless it's provoked. Good show for the Gorilla
Dori623 4 years ago 2
the gorilla was cute
PhilBarroni 4 years ago
Please, give credit to the big gorilla. Youse guys should learn something about such animal behavior.
As the video says, gorillas have only one enemy: man.
randall2020 4 years ago 4
poor kid :( im glad he didnt get hurt any worse
nate252 4 years ago
I would like to punch the mother and father of this kid... Turn away for a second my ass.
I didn't see either of them jumping to the rescue of that child. And the kid was alone for several minutes prior to the keepers arrival.
rednop44 4 years ago
and it wasnt' the mother anyways, it was the father "as the kid leans over to see gamble and his family the father turns away for only a moment ..."
annalinamena 4 years ago
For all those making comments about how bad the mother is for not watching that child... I feel for her so much, and I'm sure she feels extremely guilty about it already, every mother knows that you can turn away from your child for one second and they are into mischief even if they are well trained and you are an awesome parent. No one should rash judge unless they were there and knew exactly what happened to cause the child to fall in.
annalinamena 4 years ago
I don't think it was her fault that the kid fell in. Kids do stupid things all the time and it's not like we can put a leash on them. But hell, I would have jumped in after him immediately.
LG15Fan 4 years ago 2
i totally agree with you
dave23486 4 years ago
Good old british!! Standing inovation for the resuce effort!! lol
Still, brave keeper for going in with a stick, I'd of said the kid can wait 2 minutes whilst I get the tranq gun..
CrazyCrisUk 4 years ago
those guys are FUKIN DUMBASSES!!!
PhilipCult 4 years ago
i fuckn hate zoos its for lame ass people, hope they all get eatem by wild animals
hanzlow 4 years ago
shut up im going zoo tomorrow lol dont scare me lol
trustmeizold 4 years ago
Whoooooa. I'd not want to be in that kid's situation.
At around 3:00 in the video you can see a total dumbass action. Why the hell does he approach a gorilla?! He''s get beaten to death if he touches a kid and he can't take on an adult.
I don't doubt he is American!
Fittfan 4 years ago
XD wtf
CircuitryOfTheWolf 4 years ago
why werent the parents watching the kid? that kid was lucky the gorillas didnt attack his ass. thats just scary enough watching that,damn.
awesomefighter2007 4 years ago
what the hell the kid broke his skull and arm and bleding allover from his mouth you can't except him to stay still and be quiet,
I"d be whining like a little bitch if It were me
MrHuggyCow 4 years ago
Oh no !! My God !! This is horrible !! Ahh
Clanocelle77 4 years ago