[SteveMcKing]

There was an old-time circus that featured a purported man-chimp. Not simply a mock-up, but a mysterious species at the very least.

Also- Stalin tasked at least one famous doctor (name?) with creating an ape-man species that could be bred into warriors. When the doctor failed, Stalin had him Gulag'd where he died before long.

[DannyTN]

"There was an old-time circus that featured a purported man-chimp. Not simply a mock-up, but a mysterious species at the very least. "

There was an old-time circus that paraded a pygmy as the missing link.