Stolen 800-pound gorilla statue found

upi ^ | Dec. 26, 2012

[JoeProBono]

ORLANDO, Fla., - Police in Florida said they have recovered an 800-pound bronze gorilla statue stolen last month from a hotel.

Orlando police said the statue, valued at between $5,000 and $8,000, was stolen before Thanksgiving from The Metropolitan Express hotel and was discovered on the doorstep of Giovani Alba, who lives about 4 miles from the hotel at The Towns Of Southgate Complex, WKMG-TV, Orlando, reported Wednesday.

"I came home it scared me, the gorilla on my doorstep" Alba said.

Alba said a friend discovered the gorilla under some brush while walking his dog in the complex and hauled it to his doorstep with help from another friend and a dolly.

Alba said he discovered the state had been stolen when he did an online search for "bronze gorilla" on Christmas Day and found a news article about the theft.

Police said no charges have been filed in the case. They said it will be up to hotel officials to figure out how to transport the gorilla back to the facility.

Hotel officials could not be reached for comment due to the holiday, WKMG said.

[JoeProBono]

[Squawk 8888]

Not a ping.

[mikrofon]

At least he didn’t find it in his room....

[left that other site]

Where does an 800 pound bronze gorilla sleep?

Anywhere he WANTS to.

[Wings-n-Wind]

FeDeX that 800-lb bad boy straight to 1600...

Let's see if they can take a hint?!?....
Fiscal cliff humor...

[TomGuy]

Alba said a friend discovered the gorilla under some brush while walking his dog in the complex and hauled it to his doorstep with help from another friend and a dolly.

Alba did not indicate how much alcohol he thought was imbibed by his friends.

[Patriot95]

Darn I was wondering where I left that.

[shove_it]

This is the big news story around here now. It’s a head-scratcher how two men and a dolly managed to get an 800 pound gorilla from the ground level up to the second story balcony of an apartment complex. This has the makings of a world class fraternity prank.

[cripplecreek]

I’d love to get a herd of life sized hippos for placing in the water and along the shore line here.

[JoeProBono]

[shove_it]

[JoeProBono]

[bgill]

It’s one thing to sneak hotel towels out in your luggage but how does one slip out an 800 lb gorilla statue?

[Carriage Hill]

Let’s change it to *Fecal Cliff*.

[shove_it]

[bunkerhill7]

Stolen 800-pound gorilla statue found playing piano on island

[Slings and Arrows]

Have the cops charged George Zimmerman yet?

[Osage Orange]

I know where a couple large concrete Gorilla’s are....

[null and void]

Let’s change it to *Fecal Cliff*.

Obama is pushing a fecal cliff?

That works...