The Sandusky "Monkey"

The Sandusky (Ohio) Star-Journal ran a story on September 28, 1916, on a weird animal seen in the area:

Frank Johnson, a farmer, residing north of Fremont, reports that a strange monkey is running at large in the neighborhood where he lives. It is thought that the monk escaped from one of the shows at the Sandusky-co fair last week, says a Fremont paper.

Was there an escaped monkey at Fremont, or was it something more mysterious?

This and other old accounts of "gorillas," "wild men," and "anthropoids" are examined in a new book by me…. more on that soon!

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