The Washington times., 1906-11-30
FEAR GORILLA-NAN
IN PENNSYL LVANIA
Weird, Shaggy Creature
TerrOriZeS Scores of Folk
in Several Towns.
He HOBBIES ON ALL F0URS
Unearthly Freak Said to Have Eyes
Like Balls of
Fire.

CHESTER. Pa, Nov. 30.-This city
and various sections Of Delaware
county continue TO be very much exer-
cised over reports concerning the fire.
quent appearance Of an ugly creature
resembling in part q man and in part
a gorilla. n score OF men, women. and
children are willing 10 make affidaVit
that they have seen the freak.
\ report from Clifton Heights throws
some light on the subject There an un-
known Polander has been stopping
school children and robbing them. The
fellow wears a long. heavy beard, shag-
gy hair, and is uncOuth in appearance.
Two children who were sent on an er-
rand We're stopped by the man, and
what little money they had was taken
from them.
Robs Drunken Men.
He has also been making a practice
OF robbing drunken men on Church road.
a lonely thorOughfare running between
kent's Mills, in Clifton Heights. and the
St. Charles Roman Catholic Church, in
kellyville. The foreigner was seen lurt-
ing in the vicinity by the father of the
children who were robbed.
a big. Dowerful-lOoking old man, with
an OvcrgrUwth of hair on his face, neck
aud head. was seen in this city, near
Upland. FiC wore n long coat, ana his
general appearance attracted so much
attention that the report was soon cir
culated that he was the gorilla" A
great crowd collected about the place TO
get a glimpse of it," and Policeman
Wright took the stranger in hand He
explained that he had lost his way in q
trip from the West, and had been husk-
ing corn. He was directed how TO set
out OF town.
Worst Vision of the Lot.
Just such a character as this. or the
Polauder at Clifton Heights. may have
been what Joseph H. Harper. IT., and
George Feathers, well-known residents
OF LeiperviIle, saw as they were passing
the ruins OF the kennebec mill late at
night. Strange noises attracted their
attention and an unearthly scream al
most froZe their blood. Neither man
was armed, and as they were about TO
run there appeared suddenly before
them in the middle Of the highway a
weird Ob1eCt-appaTently a long. black
body on ali fOurs. The face was white.
from which glowed two deep-set eyes,
like balls of FIRE. The body was covered
with sJifT. bushy hair Almost paralyZed
with fear the men stood for some sec
onds, which seemed like an hour. when
the thing bounded into the bushes
and disappeared in the darkness.
Negroes Shoot and Run.
Near the same spot two negroes claim
L. have seen the freak. and one of them
shot at il. There was a snarl of rage
and pain as the creature bounded away,
and the negroes did not stop 20 investi-
gate further
The impression seems to prevail that
instead of q gorilla" some bearded for
eiguer, with a fur coat, Is playing the
gorilla, and seeking TO enrich himself
at the eNpvusce of others.
DARBY, Pa, Nov. 3o-The mysterious
gOrilIa-like animal which has been seen
in various parts of the county the rasJ
two weeks, showed up in the outskirts
OF Darby Policemen Smith and Clark
say they suddenly came upon the ape
like thing shortly after o'clock I'm the
morning. When they first saw II u
had the aspect Of a big. woolly New
foundland dog. It was coming down the
middle OF the road, but when IL saw
them il stopped, and stood upright
then turned around and dashed aWaN
on all fours. They gave chase, ou
were unable 20 lessen the distance