These
are the never-before-seen photos of the extraordinary story of an
English village which adopted a GORILLA - that went to school and drank
cider with locals.
The ape - called John Daniel - played with children, went to classes, ate roses from gardens and even enjoyed cups of tea.
He would be carted around by kids in a wheelbarrow and hang out with the local cobbler watching him repair shoes.
Raised as a boy John had his own bedroom, was potty trained and even knew how to make his bed and do the washing up.
Villagers in Uley in Gloucestershire adopted the lowland gorilla after he was captured as a baby in Gabon when his parents were shot by French officers.
John was later found for sale at London department store Derry & Toms in 1918 and bought for £300 - now £25K - by Major Rupert Penny who named him.
Rupert's sister Alyce Cunningham nurtured and brought him up at her country house in Uley - and nicknamed him "sultan".
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The ape - called John Daniel - played with children, went to classes, ate roses from gardens and even enjoyed cups of tea.
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He would be carted around by kids in a wheelbarrow and hang out with the local cobbler watching him repair shoes.
Raised as a boy John had his own bedroom, was potty trained and even knew how to make his bed and do the washing up.
Villagers in Uley in Gloucestershire adopted the lowland gorilla after he was captured as a baby in Gabon when his parents were shot by French officers.
John was later found for sale at London department store Derry & Toms in 1918 and bought for £300 - now £25K - by Major Rupert Penny who named him.
Rupert's sister Alyce Cunningham nurtured and brought him up at her country house in Uley - and nicknamed him "sultan".
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