The Chimp and the Nudists
Posted by: Loren Coleman on July 6th, 2008
Moe, file photo.
Searchers investigated reports that Moe, the missing California-based chimpanzee, may have been spotted at nearby Deer Park Nudist Resort, though a manager there said she had heard nothing about any sightings.
Tracks found near there were discovered to be too old.
Which leads me to wonder, does that mean that some other chimpanzee or unknown anthropoid ape was around there before Moe escaped?
“Friday, I was told he was seen down at the nudist colony,” one of the search organizers told the media.
However, Deer Park Nudist Resort Office Manager Lea Bush said she had not heard anything about Moe roaming the grounds. The camp has been at the same site since 1935 and has about 60 residents throughout the year and no chimp sightings in its history.
Fifteen animal handlers have been scouring the San Bernardino National Forest day and night in hopes of locating Moe.
“I spent Monday night on the mountain,” Raymond Garcia, animal handler and volunteer searcher, said. “The terrain is rough. It’s hard to handle even with four-wheel drive.”
Searchers remain optimistic that Moe may still be in the area and living off an abundant supply of water and foliage. A search helicopter has seen a family of bears and a bobcat, but no chimp.
“He’s eventually going to come down looking for food and human contact,” Garcia said.
While Moe may be able to survive in the San Bernardino National Forest, the likelihood of a safe return decreases as each day passes.
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Loren Coleman is one of the world’s leading cryptozoologists, some say “the” leading living cryptozoologist. Certainly, he is acknowledged as the current living American researcher and writer who has most popularized cryptozoology in the late 20th and early 21st centuries.
Starting his fieldwork and investigations in 1960, after traveling and trekking extensively in pursuit of cryptozoological mysteries, Coleman began writing to share his experiences in 1969. An honorary member of Ivan T. Sanderson’s Society for the Investigation of the Unexplained in the 1970s, Coleman has been bestowed with similar honorary memberships of the North Idaho College Cryptozoology Club in 1983, and in subsequent years, that of the British Columbia Scientific Cryptozoology Club, CryptoSafari International, and other international organizations. He was also a Life Member and Benefactor of the International Society of Cryptozoology (now-defunct).
Loren Coleman’s daily blog, as a member of the Cryptomundo Team, served as an ongoing avenue of communication for the ever-growing body of cryptozoo news from 2005 through 2013. He returned as an infrequent contributor beginning Halloween week of 2015.
Coleman is the founder in 2003, and current director of the International Cryptozoology Museum in Portland, Maine.
I think the nudists can be believed since they have nothing to hide 🙂
If the track is too old to be Moe’s……..what made the track?
“Which leads me to wonder, does that mean that some other chimpanzee or unknown anthropoid ape was around there before Moe escaped?”
Or even a population?
Apes are probably able to adapt to new environments because they are smart.
Up here in north Europe we get all kinds of new species due to the global warming.
Lately the Pacific oyster population has grown strong around Sweden.
Except for all of the fires, I wouldn’t put it past a high school boy to get into an ape suit to spy on a nudist colony.
But considering the presence of Moe, and the wildfires, it could be as others here think.
Chimps are rampant nudists themselves, perhaps they feel more comfortable around naked people. The next bigfoot expedition should be all nude, maybe them you’ll find one.