Austrian police are hunting a person wearing a gorilla suit who has been terrorising pensioners by leaping out of bushes on narrow rural paths.The 'gorilla' has appeared several times on paths near the towns of St. Margarethen, Rust and Oggau in Austria.Ten sightings have been reported to the police so far, and the mysterious gorilla has become the number-one topic of conversation in the area."This can't be a normal person," said Gunther Seelinger, 68, who had seen the gorilla. "He must be certifiably mad.""It's really horrifying when a gorilla suddenly jumps out in front of you," said another pensioner.Others think teenagers are behind the prank, daring each other to dress as a gorilla and frighten people.

"We don't see the gorilla on really hot days," said Ide Doringer, 67, adding "It must be really hot inside that suit."

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Gorilla-suited prankster caught
Austrian police have caught a man in a gorilla suit who was terrorising elderly hikers by leaping out of bushes and then running off.

Police, who received dozens of complaints, said they were convinced the gorilla sightings were a hoax.

But they set up a special rapid response squad armed with tracker dogs and tranquilizer darts just in case.

The gorilla-suited prankster was netted when he made his latest appearance near the towns of St. Margarethen, Rust and Oggau in Austria.

The 25-year-old, a local man who was arrested without the aid of the tranq guns, said that the place was so boring he wanted to give people something to talk about.

He apologised for the distress he caused his victims and was released on bail after agreeing to hand over the gorilla suit.
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I've seen pictures of that before. that's messed up to scare old people like that. And what was he thinking with those goofy mickey mouse ears?

How silly!

Some people really need to get a life and stop harassing innocent people, yet in a way it is quite funny!

It's cute, but I would scream and probably turn away! But it's good that he apologize. But I think he could have thought of a better way to get rid of his boredom!