Summary

A HUGE VINYL GORILLA USED TO ATTRACT ATTENTION TO A RETAIL BUSINESS HAS BEEN RECOVERED AFTER HAVING BEEN CUT FROM ITS TETHERS AND STOLEN IT'S A BIG SOUTHWEST WHODUNIT

Source CONUS Archive
Record ID 178641
Story Slug Stolen - Gorilla
Location San Antonio, Texas
Format PKG
Date 02/03/2000
Archive Time 16:19
TRT 1:20
Supers EMBARGOED TO KSAT San Antonio, Texas Robi Vick, Factory Homes of America Barbara Ann Caldwell, Medina Valley HS Senior Gina Galaviz, Reporting
Video Description VINYL GORILLA MASCOT ON TOP OF BUILDING; STREET SIGNS; FEMALE SOT; GORILLA ON ROOF; FEMALE SOT; STAND-UP; GORILLA ON ROOF; FEMALE SOT; GORILLA ON ROOF; FEMALE SOT; GORILLA ON ROOF;
Description A HUGE VINYL GORILLA USED TO ATTRACT ATTENTION TO A RETAIL BUSINESS HAS BEEN RECOVERED AFTER HAVING BEEN CUT FROM ITS TETHERS AND STOLEN IT'S A BIG SOUTHWEST WHODUNIT
Script LEAD: THE KIDNAPPING OF A PLASTIC PRIMATE IS SOLVED WE FIRST TOLD YOU ABOUT THE GORILLA NAPPING OVER THE WEEKEND OUR CRIME REPORTER GINA GALAVIZ SHOWS US YOU WON'T BELIEVE WHY IT WAS TAKEN (TAKE PKG) SCRIPT: NATS HE'S A FEROCIOUS GORILLA GIMMICKNOW YOU SEE HIMNOW YOU DON'T SOMETIME SATURDAY MORNING, THE FACTORY HOMES OF AMERICA MASCOT WAS NABBED OFF HIS MANUFACTURING THRONEMISSING FOUR DAYS, BUT HE WAS FOUND DUMPED HERE ON HIGHWAY 211 AND HIGHWAY 90NOT FAR AWAY SOT/Robi Vick: got a call from a girl who would not leave her name that said she knew where the gorilla was ROBI VICK'S BOSS TOOK THE CALLTHE FOUND OUT THE PRANK WAS PULLED BY SOME MEDINA VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS SOT/Robi Vick: the kids had allegedly take this gorilla and put it in the garage and were using it for a trampoline REPORTER STANDUP: the prank wasn't an easy one to dothe kids had to pull up the stakes and they're really down there in the ground then, they had to walk over to the houseget a ladderclimb up so they could get to the gorilla THEN THEY PULLED THE 22 FOOT GORILLA OFF THE ROOF, WITHOUT ANYONE SEEING THEM, QUITE A STUNTBUT SOME SAY IT'S JUST MONKEY BUSINESS COMPARED TO WHAT ONE MEDINA VALLEY STUDENT ONCE DID SOT/Barbara Ann Caldwell: he ran through the football field nakedit was a couple of years ago THE COMPANY ISN'T PRESSING CHARGES THE MASCOT IS BACK, AS GOOD AS NEWALMOST SOT/Vick: they broke his foot while jumping on him, and we had to have his right foot sewn back on GINA GALAVIZ, NEWS FOUR, SAN ANTONIO SOUTHWES
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