Okay, but why? Is there a huge black market for garden gorillas?
In all seriousness, how did they ever expect to fence *that*? It’s not like it’s even made out of readily recyclable material.
Acknowledging its a clear case of theft and wrong etc but..
Does this remind anyone else of that Men Behaving Badly episode where Gary and Tony got shit faced and stole that massive fish? And the next day they are trying to dispose of the evidence in the bath. And bribing the cleaner with clothes to keep hush.
It just popped into my head, weird the stuff you remember
Think I’ll have to find the DVD now, not watched it in years
^(Being reddit, I just *know* someone is going to name the town it was filmed hehe)
why is no one mentioning that huge censored gorilla dong?!?!?
I want to believe that the driver said ‘You don’t know its stolen, that could be anyone’s giant gorilla’.
[Was using Google Maps / Earth to look around where I grew up. Was NOT expecting to see that!]
Not just me realising they only censored that kid’s face once, right? Scroll down and you get it all there.
Buddy, it’s been 7 years, let it go. Harambe isn’t coming back
For a hot second i thought someone had nicked the Stirchley Gorilla, thank christ it was an imitator
I understand that it was a guerrilla operation that led to the theft in the first place.
Someone somewhere is living some real life Only Fools and Horses story with black market fibre glass gorillas
I drove by this thing Wednesday morning on my commute to work. It was pulled over in a bus stop / lay-by. Thought it was a joke and snapped a shot to story share when I got to work. I wonder if it will get more visibility and get tracked down via social media posts
Is this the gorilla that Kelsey showed her true self on?
Rumour is this all started when thieves saw a sign saying “We’ll buy your gold and silverback. Top prices paid.”
Lol imagine getting caught stealing a giant gorilla statue simply because you couldn’t be arsed to get some sheeting to cover it up
“I would say it was planned”
Umm yeah I don’t think you steal an 8 foot plastic gorilla on the spur of the moment 🤦♂️
Misleading title: I really read it as if they stole a living 8ft Gorilla!
There’s one of these at the vermont Hotel in Newcastle. Might try and steal it too.
But the guy on cragslist said i can pick it up at the fountain park
The day the Hatton Garden Robbery hit the press, I remember thinking this will probably make a great movie and then a few shit movies. The movie that tells this Gorilla tale, well that thing is going to fucking hammer Avatar at the box office.
“It doesn’t have a price tag, so that means it’s free, right?”
That will be easy to sell on down the pub I’m sure.
Why would that not cover it in a tarp? This made headline news when it happened!
“Your ~~scientists~~ brazen thieves were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
You have a trailer, and rope.
#WHY NO TARP??
There has to be more to this; It’s giving big Horse Head in the bed energy.
They want everyone to know.
Is it an ex employee or unpaid contractor?
Is it a rival garden centre?
How did they get it on the Trailer? Did they use a Fork Lift? Do they have a fork lift licence?
Why is “spotted on motorway” in quotes? They mean it was not spotted?
At this point fair fucking play, if you can steal an 8ft gorilla and not be seen, you’ve earned it.
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Turns out it’s a different gorilla! The stolen one is still missing
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People monkeying around theses days
Okay, but why? Is there a huge black market for garden gorillas?
In all seriousness, how did they ever expect to fence *that*? It’s not like it’s even made out of readily recyclable material.
Acknowledging its a clear case of theft and wrong etc but..
Does this remind anyone else of that Men Behaving Badly episode where Gary and Tony got shit faced and stole that massive fish? And the next day they are trying to dispose of the evidence in the bath. And bribing the cleaner with clothes to keep hush.
It just popped into my head, weird the stuff you remember
Think I’ll have to find the DVD now, not watched it in years
^(Being reddit, I just *know* someone is going to name the town it was filmed hehe)
why is no one mentioning that huge censored gorilla dong?!?!?
I want to believe that the driver said ‘You don’t know its stolen, that could be anyone’s giant gorilla’.
Huh. So there’s at least two of them then:
https://goo.gl/maps/GFukrksB9653vN7c9
[Was using Google Maps / Earth to look around where I grew up. Was NOT expecting to see that!]
Not just me realising they only censored that kid’s face once, right? Scroll down and you get it all there.
Buddy, it’s been 7 years, let it go. Harambe isn’t coming back
For a hot second i thought someone had nicked the Stirchley Gorilla, thank christ it was an imitator
I understand that it was a guerrilla operation that led to the theft in the first place.
Someone somewhere is living some real life Only Fools and Horses story with black market fibre glass gorillas
I drove by this thing Wednesday morning on my commute to work. It was pulled over in a bus stop / lay-by. Thought it was a joke and snapped a shot to story share when I got to work. I wonder if it will get more visibility and get tracked down via social media posts
Is this the gorilla that Kelsey showed her true self on?
Rumour is this all started when thieves saw a sign saying “We’ll buy your gold and silverback. Top prices paid.”
Lol imagine getting caught stealing a giant gorilla statue simply because you couldn’t be arsed to get some sheeting to cover it up
“I would say it was planned”
Umm yeah I don’t think you steal an 8 foot plastic gorilla on the spur of the moment 🤦♂️
Misleading title: I really read it as if they stole a living 8ft Gorilla!
There’s one of these at the vermont Hotel in Newcastle. Might try and steal it too.
But the guy on cragslist said i can pick it up at the fountain park
The day the Hatton Garden Robbery hit the press, I remember thinking this will probably make a great movie and then a few shit movies. The movie that tells this Gorilla tale, well that thing is going to fucking hammer Avatar at the box office.
“It doesn’t have a price tag, so that means it’s free, right?”
That will be easy to sell on down the pub I’m sure.
Why would that not cover it in a tarp? This made headline news when it happened!
“Your ~~scientists~~ brazen thieves were so preoccupied with whether they could, they didn’t stop to think if they should.”
You have a trailer, and rope.
#WHY NO TARP??
There has to be more to this; It’s giving big Horse Head in the bed energy.
They want everyone to know.
Is it an ex employee or unpaid contractor?
Is it a rival garden centre?
How did they get it on the Trailer? Did they use a Fork Lift? Do they have a fork lift licence?
Why is “spotted on motorway” in quotes? They mean it was not spotted?
At this point fair fucking play, if you can steal an 8ft gorilla and not be seen, you’ve earned it.
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Turns out it’s a different gorilla! The stolen one is still missing
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-65221321
clearly /u/TopTrumpWANKER levelled up from stealing ‘charity shop boys’ 😛