‘HAIRY APE’ SCARE LOSES OUT IN WOODLAND WILDS AT CORRY

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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 23, 1938
THE CHARLEROI MAIL
CHARLEROI,, PENNSYLVANIA , WASHINGTON COUNTY
‘HAIRY APE’ SCARE LOSES OUT IN WOODLAND WILDS AT CORRY
Rose Marie Clabbatz, and two smaller children of Howard Clabbatz, Frank Ross, Fred Lindstrom.
CORRY, Pa., Sep 23-Fears of a “furry thing resembling an ape” subsided today in the Erie County community after a posse of farmers failed to locate the mysterious animal in a 48-hour search.
The “thing” popped up Sunday at the edge of a woods three miles south of Corry and Rose Marie Clabbatz, 13, and two smaller children of Howard Clabbatz, scurrying across fields to their father.
Clabbatz listened to their breathless story about an animal that “started chasing us” and organized a hunting party of 50 persons, many with guns.
Yesterday Frank Ross and Fred Lindstrom said they spied the beast ambling near their farms, on the edge of the woods. Ross said “it” appeared to be four feet tall and “resembled and ape.”
Clabbatz said he believed the animal left the vicinity and now “the women folk and kids dare to go out again.”
Some discounted the ape story, saying the mysterious animal probably was a bear cub walking on its hind legs.