1907: Big Year for Faux Gorillas

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Alex Boese Alex is the creator and curator of the Museum of Hoaxes. He's also the author of various weird, non-fiction, science-themed books such as Elephants on Acid and Psychedelic Apes. Paul Di Filippo Paul has been paid to put weird ideas into fictional form for over forty years, in his career as a noted science fiction writer. Contact Us

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Posted by Expat47 in Athens, Greece on 12/24/12 at 10:06 AM

Almost a half century later, faux gorillas made a brief comeback - this time influenced by the lurid cover art of the pulp fiction of the 40's and 50's:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAXp2xGQwOQ

Posted by tadchem on 12/26/12 at 01:45 PM

Expat's right, definite sideshow thing.

Posted by Patty in Ohio, USA on 01/01/13 at 06:47 PM

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