![]() ![]() After several run-ins with tourists that included swiping candy from children, breaking into cars, and taking bites out of trusting, food offering hands, Furgy was up to his ears in monkey business and repeatedly stated he wished he could send the little hooligans to Alcatraz. Then, it dawned on him. It’s fairly common knowledge that monkeys and their hijinks can be amusing, but they are clearly also a giant pain in the ass-and these particular monkeys were exceptional escape artists and a special sort of obnoxious. ![]() Their use as research animals exhausted, they were to retire to the wildlife park as attractions. The attraction was to include all sorts of exotic plants and wild animals, including a small group of monkeys brought into the country by polio researcher Dr. The crew were a little over-enthusiastic, and when Furgason returned from a business trip in Africa, where a small, hardly noticeable outcropping used to be there was now what could only be described as a small island. Always the optimist, the developer threw a lighthouse and a few trees onto the new island and went back to more pressing business, primarily the new wildlife attraction (now Homosassa Wildlife State Park) he was building a little way up the stream. “Furgy” Furgason finally decided to take action, and instructed crew members busy at a nearby location to “throw some dirt” on the rock pile to keep boaters from bottoming out. It started out as an easily-missed rock outcropping that took out the bottom of boats on a fairly regular basis. The island itself wasn’t always an island. ![]() What is now a much-loved attraction called Monkey Island was once a little more like a monkey detention center. ![]()
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorWrite something about yourself. No need to be fancy, just an overview. ArchivesCategories |