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Old 04-08-2021, 06:52 AM
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Originally Posted by mike1946 View Post
I heard a story some time ago that they had been seen in yards along 42 in the north of the villages.
I have certainly seen lots when taking my boat up the Oklawaha and Silver River.
I also heard that they were left behind after the filming of Tarzan with Johnny Weismuller in the 1930's - you hear a lot of these stories but it's difficult to know which of them to believe.
Two-three years ago police were in our Hacienda neighborhood warning residents that a monkey was in a nearby tree and not to approach him.
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