Gorilla Kidnapped from Maine

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September 06, 2008

Gorilla kidnapped..$500 Reward for the safe return of the Gorilla and information leading to the arrest and conviction of the Kidnappers. .....UPDATE...Case solved missing Gorilla was found in Swa...

Gorilla kidnapped..$500 Reward for the safe return of the Gorilla and information leading to the arrest and conviction of the Kidnappers. .....UPDATE...Case solved missing Gorilla was found in Swanton VT. Thanks for your help Amercia and speical thanks to You Tube, without them we could of never solved this case!!!!................................ ........................................ .......................... By Diana Graettinger
BDN Staff
EAST MACHIAS — A giant gorilla was kidnapped in broad daylight Sunday from in front of Sandy's Sales on Route 1.

No ransom demand had come from the kidnappers as of Tuesday, but the Maine State Police are investigating and have put out an all-points bulletin on the primate — an 8-foot mechanical ape.

The gorilla has been a favorite local attraction at the year-round flea market store, and owner Lowell Miller, 79, wants it back, no questions asked.

It was last seen standing with its hand on the sign in front of Sandy's Sales. Miller did not know it was missing until he started to close up on Sunday. He thought his clerk had wheeled it inside, and the clerk thought Miller had.

"None of us saw him take it," Miller said Tuesday.

Miller was surprised the gorilla was missing because of its weight.

"That had a platform in the bottom made out of cement. I had to wheel it out with the wheels on it. Then inside it had motors in it, and you plugged it in and the arms went up and down and it turned sideways," he said.

"Who the hell would ever steal a gorilla as heavy as that thing was?" Miller said Tuesday.

Miller believes the gorilla may be hiding in a teenager's bedroom, and police suspect it may be holed up in some college students' apartment.

"I don't know if it is exactly at the college," Sgt. Jeff Ingemi of the Maine State Police said Tuesday. "I think that it is more likely at a college apartment."

Miller said he has owned the gorilla for about 10 years. He said it was valued at around $1,500.

Miller's gorilla is a rubbernecker's delight as motorists pass by the store.

"It is noticeable," Miller said. "How many people have a gorilla outside?"

This is not the first time the gorilla has run into trouble, but it's the first time it has turned up missing.

One time, Miller said, a customer ran into it in the store's parking lot.

"He went downtown drinking and telling everybody, 'Hey, I just ran over Sandy's monkey,'" Miller said.

It cost Miller $75 to have the gorilla repaired that time.

Miller said he wasn't interested in having anyone arrested, he just wants his mechanical primate to come home.

Anyone with information may call the Maine State Police at 800-432-7381.

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cowunderground (1 year ago) Show Hide

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Is this the new crime wave . Some stole my gorilla head as we all ate our turkey dinners.
Very sad. Much public outrage and sympathy over this beheading.

Greenday6868 (1 year ago) Show Hide

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whats VT?

JoelAndreBouchard (6 months ago) Show Hide

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Vermont

gmonsterXD (1 year ago) Show Hide

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xD. lmao. wow it was taken to VT swanton.
where i live. xD haha wow

boyscouteagle (1 year ago) Show Hide

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I from a town near East Machias. I read about the stolen gorilla in the paper. Thats a good store that gorilla was in front of.

TacoGrande888 (1 year ago) Show Hide

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yea my home state!

lowkeyneon (1 year ago) Show Hide

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i knew it would be a matter of time before that retarted thing would get stolen! I think it is funny as hell that it got stolen! I have done my share of mischief in machias but thats up there!

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chip chip

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This is reminiscent of my rebel days back in the 70s. I travelled up and down the country with other members of MALF, The Mechanical Animal Liberation Front, freeing our mecha brothers wherever we encountered them. Imagine it, mechanical bulls, robot chickens, singing bass and yes, even a waving gorilla or two all running free just like industry intended. My hats off to you young freedom fighter. I wish I had a hat, that would be sweet. If we work together could even take down Universal Studios

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your stupid shut up...wait oooh yeah army...go figure the stupidy gene was passed on to you...

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