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Gorilla Escapes From Dutch Zoo, Attacks Random People
Fox News ^
| Friday, May 18, 2007
Posted on 05/18/2007 12:31:13 PM PDT by Sopater
AMSTERDAM, Netherlands — A 400-pound gorilla escaped from its enclosure and ran amok in a Rotterdam zoo Friday, biting one woman, dragging her around and causing scenes of panic among dozens of families before being subdued, zoo officials said.
The Diergaarde Blijdorp zoo was evacuated and the 11-year old gorilla, named "Bokito," was eventually barricaded inside a restaurant, Rotterdam police spokeswoman Yvette de Rave said. She said at least two people were injured in the incident.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: koko; netherlands; peacefulmyaft
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Yikes!
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posted on
05/18/2007 12:31:14 PM PDT
by
Sopater
To: Sopater
How do the authorities know the attacks were random? Just curious.
2
posted on
05/18/2007 12:32:41 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: 1rudeboy
Evidently, the gorilla has no ties to Al Queda.
3
posted on
05/18/2007 12:34:37 PM PDT
by
Sopater
(A wise man's heart inclines him to the right, but a fool's heart to the left. ~ Ecclesiastes 10:2)
To: Sopater
It was only a matter of time before gorilla warfare spread to Europe....;-)
4
posted on
05/18/2007 12:35:08 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
To: Sopater
Yikes indeed. I’m a random person...
5
posted on
05/18/2007 12:35:58 PM PDT
by
null and void
(The truth. It is a beautiful and terrible thing, and should therefore be treated with great caution.)
To: 1rudeboy
What a wonderful, logical, scientific question! LMAO
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posted on
05/18/2007 12:36:12 PM PDT
by
firebrand
To: Sopater
A Dutch spokesman was quoted as saying, “we have no indication at this time that the attacks were planned or premeditated.”
7
posted on
05/18/2007 12:36:24 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Sopater
bystander snapped this photo...
8
posted on
05/18/2007 12:37:25 PM PDT
by
dubie
To: Sopater
I’ve heard of white people and red people and black people, but random people?
9
posted on
05/18/2007 12:37:44 PM PDT
by
Forrestfire
(("To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society." Theodore Roosevelt))
To: dubie
That’s no gorilla...that’s a Massachusetts skunk ape.
10
posted on
05/18/2007 12:38:11 PM PDT
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum.)
To: firebrand
It resonates on a whole number of levels, doesn’t it?
11
posted on
05/18/2007 12:38:23 PM PDT
by
1rudeboy
To: Sopater
Paging Miss Wray, paging Miss Fay Wray, please report to your office immediately.
To: 1rudeboy
How do the authorities know the attacks were random? Just curious.The gorilla's name was not Mohammed.
To: 1rudeboy
Maybe they could water-board the Gorilla. That’ll have him singing like a canary.
To: Sopater
“Random” people? Is that a new minority I’ve not heard about?
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posted on
05/18/2007 12:38:39 PM PDT
by
subterfuge
(Today, Tolerance =greatest virtue;Hypocrisy=worst character defect; Discrimination =worst atrocity)
To: Joe 6-pack
That’s no gorilla...that’s a Massachusetts skunk ape.
My bad... =)
16
posted on
05/18/2007 12:39:12 PM PDT
by
dubie
To: 2 Kool 2 Be 4-Gotten
To: 1rudeboy
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posted on
05/18/2007 12:39:59 PM PDT
by
txroadkill
( http://iraqstar.org)
To: Sopater
at least the gorilla wasnt profiling as far as victims.
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posted on
05/18/2007 12:40:34 PM PDT
by
isom35
To: Sopater
JIt's begun!
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