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Oh! Oh!

What happens now? I don't believe it.

It simply can't be.

There are certain things in this world of ours that cannot be explained by cold

logic.

There are mutations in nature we can't possibly know about in unexplored areas.

Consider the cavemen of New Guinea.

Look, I don't know what you fellows are getting so excited about. Just because

I'm calling my talk zoological mythology, fact or fiction, I'm leaving

room for reasonable doubt.

That's fine, Marsh, but you are addressing the graduate science students

University of Nagoro, not some women's garden club.

I know those students, Marsh. I was one myself.

They'll tear into you if you take an orthodox approach.

Even with the orthodox approach, there are certain things you just can't

like the abominable snowman of the Himalayas. Or the Loch Ness Monster of

Scotland. Oh, I can ignore those very easily.

You see, I happen to be a scientist, not a fiction writer.

the continuation of that attitude, the Romero Research Center will become known

as Squaresville, Africa.

Marsh, Marsh, please, look at these.

Oh, copy.

Distantly related to the giraffe.

Yes, what about it? It wasn't discovered until 1900.

But it was still living in the Congo, maybe for millions of years. Only man

didn't know about it.

Look at the panda.

Until the French missionary, Pierre Armand David, discovered this species in

Himalayas in the last century. The civilized world wasn't even aware of its

existence.

Ah, the duck -billed platypus.

Now, when somebody first came and said that the duck -billed platypus was an

-laying mammal, all the conservative scientists, like yourself, insisted that

was a hoax.

Turn it off, turn it off. I'll take the slides along with me.

I'll tell you one thing right now.

This will only strengthen my point of view that science cannot accept any

unless it's documented proof.

Then you admit that there may be some zoological freaks that science just

doesn't know about?

Oh, yes.

Yes, of course. Especially young men who've been raised on Jules Verne and

science fiction movies.

Marsh! Marsh!

Well, hello, Adelaide. What's up?

Marsh, you know the discussions we've been having lately about strange species

of animal life with regard to your university lecture.

Oh, Adelaide, come on. Don't you start. You've been filling these fellows full

of strange old jungle tales, and now they want me to include it in my talk.

I do admit the natives sometimes pass on rather far -fetched reports of strange

animals they see. Yes, and usually it's because they have hallucinations through

native brew.

Either that or they're pulling a very proper British lake.

No, Marsh.

This time I saw it for myself. At first I thought it was my imagination because

of the talks you and the boys have been having recently.

Just what did you see?

Well, I saw a beast that had the configuration of an ape but walked erect

man. Believe it or not, I actually saw it as I was driving along the road from

Voodoo village.

What you're saying is that... Are you sure you didn't have some native brew

yourself? No, Mars, seriously, I did see this.

Well, Kelly, what you're trying to say is that you think you saw a gorilla.

We don't have any gorillas around here, never have.

If you'll have this piece of film developed for me, perhaps you'll believe

Sure, we'll have it developed, but what's the rifle for?

Now that I've confirmed the existence of this creature, I have to kill it.

Why? If it's a species of gorilla, you have nothing to fear.

A gorilla won't attack a human being.

All sorts of panic will sweep the bush if it's not eliminated.

The natives will revert to their old fears and superstition, and it's better.

The whole thing were nipped in the bud.

Well, why can't we net it or tranquilize it and then bring it back here to

study? The senior game warden has ordered me to dispose of it at once. He

that rumors of it will reach the hunters. Then they'll be poaching all

place, searching for the greatest trophy of all time.

You mean they'll be shooting at shadows, hitting innocent animals and natives?

Exactly, Mike.

Now, if you chaps can capture this creature, you're welcome to it.

But as for me, I intend to bring it down before panic sweeps the bush.

Wherever that creature is, he's living on borrowed time.

Well, the old man, there doesn't seem to be much there.

Well, perhaps my hand wasn't as steady as it should have been under the

circumstances.

Well, Henley, I'm sure if you got shook up, it must have been something pretty

far out.

Marsh, wouldn't you classify this as a zoological curiosity?

Notice the fur covering the animal from head to toe.

Yeah, Marsh, how do you explain that white strip down its back?

I can't explain it.

My only guess is it's an old silverback that somehow or another wandered down to

the mountains.

It isn't like any gorilla I've ever seen.

No, Marsh, that's a mystery animal and sufficient evidence for me.

Of course, if I find some ordinary gorilla that's fallen in a barrel of

whitewash, well, naturally I'll hold my fire.

But if it's that creature again, I'll do my best to bring it down with one

bullet.

Bye, Chuck.

calling Womeru. Come in, please.

This is Paula Tracy calling the compound.

Please come in.

Ah, yes, Paula. I read you. How's it going out there?

Well, I expected that lion pride to come down to the water hole with their new

cubs, but they haven't shown up yet.

Well, you've got plenty of other animals around to study.

That's just it. There aren't any animals around here.

seen anything or heard anything unusual?

No.

The birds have even vanished.

Well, I want you to get Judy and come right straight back to the compound.

Why? What's wrong, Dad?

Nothing. Just do as I say, okay?

Out.

Judy, what's wrong?

Everything's all right.

There's nothing out there that's going to hurt you. Calm down. Take it easy,

Judy.

No,

Judy, we're going to shoot with this.

Uh -uh.

Don't worry, Judy. I'm not going to leave you.

But that's the reason why Dad wanted us to come home.

Think it could be an albino gorilla?

I don't care what Judy says. I did

see a gorilla. I even got it on film.

Well, it'll take a few days to get a process in Nagoro, but, well, let's sort

cross -check this since you were an eyewitness.

Mike, you have a slide of a lowland gorilla there, don't you?

Here it is. Can you put it on?

Okay,

Paula.

You said this creature stared at you.

Did he have close -set eyes like this with a protruding brow?

Well, even a slanted forehead.

Well, did he walk on all fours?

No, he walked direct like a man.

But the strange thing was that he had shoulders like a bull, but a head like a

man. What was his color?

Black with big areas of white.

White or silver?

No, white.

High on his chest and on his back.

Okay, Mike, you want to turn around?

Well, your description certainly fits that of Headley's.

Then can we send the films to Nagoro and have them developed?

No, we can't wait for that.

I can't explain his coloration or his walk.

The only thing I can think of is he's an old gray beard of a gorilla that's been

driven down from the mountains through hunger or disease.

You won't even consider the possibility that he might be some sort of a missing

link, huh?

Or a prehistoric monster who's been in an evolutionary deep freeze and is

isolated in the mountains?

No, not without more proof.

But whatever he is, he certainly deserves to live.

And we've got to reach him before Headley does.

Now, Mike, get the capture nets.

Jack? Yeah, I know. I'll get the truck.

Paul,

I want you to stay close to that radio.

Well, what if Headley should call?

Well, don't tell him anything.

If he is a sick gorilla, he certainly doesn't deserve to be shot.

And if he's some sort of strange mutation, which I sincerely doubt,

then he should be preserved.

Albert. Albert Macobo.

How are you, Albert?

It's nice meeting you again, Officer Headley.

What are you hunting with that rifle?

Nothing, really. Well, this is a no -kill area.

You should know that killing animals is illegal.

I wasn't after animals, exactly.

Poaches?

That's it, poachers. One has to be on the alert against those fellows.

Well, I hope you don't think that my people would... The Mobutu tribe?

Of course not.

Fine, upstanding people.

Why should I suspect them?

Because we are very poor.

The last drought did much damage to our crop.

We lost many livestock.

So that's why you returned from America.

Most commendable, sacrificing your education to help your people.

I left because of a girl. I came back because of a girl.

Umtala.

My brother William wrote that many young men had been courting her.

Umtala, the daughter of Chief Kasinga of the Nakura tribe.

She is a real beauty.

Congratulations. When will the wedding feast take place?

Not until I can get money for oxen as part of the bride price.

Well, I must get cracking.

Oh.

Albert, do me a favor, will you?

Yes.

Don't move through the bushes like a phantom. I might have shot you by

Oh, no, Officer Hedley.

I do not think you'd be that careless.

And if you see anyone or anything out of the ordinary, be sure and let me know.

Yes, indeed, Officer Hedley.

Right.

more interested in finding out what you see out of the ordinary.

field party. Do you read me?

Yes, Paula, I read you.

Are you at location X?

Yes, we're at location X, but I think we'd better maintain radio silence.

Well, why?

Well, Big Brother may be listening.

Big Brother?

You know, the one with the friendly mustache?

I understand that. Keep in touch. Out.

Out.

Okay, Clarence, let's go.

Okay, Clarence, stick around and see if you can find anything interesting.

If you do, let out with a grunt.

What have you fellas found?

You tell us.

Footprints. No handprints.

You know, those footprints are almost human.

Without any handprints, it would indicate that our creature was walking

Well, what do you think, Professor?

Animal or human?

Or a combination of both. A species of gorilla.

The missing link between the animal world and the human world, thought to

from the Earth, but somehow miraculously alive.

Well, why not? The books haven't exactly been closed on evolution, have they,

Dr. Murray?

Every day, scientists are learning more and more about man's past.

Sure, take Dr. Leakey and the Olduvai Gorge.

Discovered the Zanjanthropus man in 1959, wasn't it?

Or the more recent discovery, the new Peking Man excavated in China.

Yes, but you're talking about fossils, dead bones.

What we have here on our hands is a living thing.

Now, fellows, I hate to disappoint you, but...

What is it, Clarence? You find something?

What the devil?

What have we here?

Well, Clarence spotted these, even though those crazy crossed eyes of his.

These hairs.

Gorilla hairs?

Not any gorilla that I've ever studied.

Well, we may have stumbled across something big.

Well, hang on a minute, Professor Darwin.

The only thing I'll acknowledge is that this will call for careful

investigation.

Why don't we take these hairs back to the lab and throw them under a

No, not just yet.

I think we ought to look around here for a while and see if we can locate some

more evidence.

And we better call Paula and tell her we're going to be camping out overnight.

Marsh, suppose Headley encounters this mysterious creature first.

Do you seriously think he would kill it? I mean, if he definitely knew it was

the missing link, would he still attack it?

More important, how do we know it wouldn't attack him?

Tala. I thank you and your parents for the dinner, Albert. But I must return to

my village.

Then I'll go back with you. No.

The moon is out tonight.

If any of my people see you with me, they will tell my father. But your

has got to find out sooner or later.

Albert, you say rightly that we young people must live with the new Africa.

But I still must obey my father at his old ways.

Why must your father have the bride price?

He is rich enough.

Charles Makika has 20 oxen that he is ready to give my father.

Charles Makika?

But you do not love him. No, but still I must obey my father.

Don't worry.

I too will be rich very, very soon.

And I'll have the bride price.

Did you see Antala on the path?

Did she see you?

Ah, what a relief.

Let me help you off with your head.

Sit.

Albert, I don't know how much longer I can stand being inside this thing.

Not much longer, I promise you. When I talk, I must sound like a gorilla.

I have trouble breathing.

If you were not my brother, I would say you were a madman.

This plan cannot work.

Somebody will get hurt.

Probably me.

Feels good, huh, William?

Albert, I am not getting back inside this thing. Not anymore.

You do it. But I am too tall. This suit doesn't fit me.

All you think about is yourself.

William, this is for the whole village.

Just one more day and the rumors will spread across the country like brush

Come to Mobutu Village, they'll say.

Come see the fiercest of all beasts.

And the drums will pick up the message.

And the tourists will come with cameras and money.

What about hunters?

With guns?

What about Officer Headley?

Officer Headley is harmless as he is gullible.

We can run circles around him.

William, get up. Get out of this suit.

Officer Headley, what brings you here?

I was looking for your brother, William.

William. Yes, William.

Oh, William. Well, he's in the hut right over there.

But he's sleeping.

Wake him up, then. He's a very heavy sleeper. Then I'll wake him up.

I'll do it.

William.

William. Get up and come out. Officer Headley wants to see you.

My family's sleeping. We don't want to disturb them.

All right.

Officer Hedley.

I'll come with you.

Well, it's amazing.

You've agreed to come, and I haven't told you yet what I want you for.

I know.

Albert knows.

Well, I know, too. You worked in that garage in Nagoro last year.

And it's very decent of you to get out of your bed and come down the road with

me and help me get my blasted car started.

Wretched vehicle went dead on me.

Oh, uh, well, William will be very happy to help you.

Oh, do you mind if I go to sleep?

Not at all.

William will be all the help I need.

Oh, by the way, Officer Headley, did you ever find those poachers you were

hunting for?

Poachers? Poachers.

Oh, those chaps.

No, not yet.

Well, good luck.

Thank you.

A little more, Mike?

No, thanks.

Well, what do you think?

Well, without a microscopic or even a spectrographic test, it's hard to tell.

But my hunch is that these are not the hairs of an albino gorilla.

Hey, Clarence.

Quiet down, boy.

Must be someone or something out there.

Easy, we don't want to scare it away.

You think it might be the monster?

Well, with you characters, I'm liable to think most anything.

Might get the net, but quietly.

Albert. Doctore.

I'm awfully sorry.

How come you netted me before you even saw me? You Romero people certainly are

jumpy.

Albert, do you know Doctore's other assistant, Jack Dane?

Jack, this is Albert Magobo from the Maputo tribe.

Hi. His brother William and I are very good friends.

And you and the Doctore are friends of my whole family.

And my village.

I'm sorry to know about your village's hard times of late, Albert.

As the gods will it. I just wish there was more we could do.

Why don't you have some coffee with us, huh?

When you secured my scholarship to study in the United States, you brought us

great honor.

Now that my people are in trouble, I hope I can work toward their prosperity.

It's like old Clarence has forgotten me.

What are you doing out here in the bush with your prized lion?

Searching for some strange beast?

No, we're just on a field trip.

By the way, Albert.

Have you seen anything unusual out here in the bush?

Well, last night I could not sleep worried about my people.

So I went for a walk.

And out there, about a mile, I thought I saw something.

But then I might have been walking in my sleep.

What was it?

It was my imagination.

These things just don't exist except in native superstition.

What things don't exist?

Well, there was a strange creature, like a gorilla with a white chest and back,

except that it walked like a man.

Albert, did you tell anybody about this?

Well, if I told my people, they would have said, poor Albert has been off to

America and has gone crazy in their head.

Or even worse, that they might foolishly believe it and panic.

Well, did you report it to Officer Headley?

Headley? He would have said I had been drinking.

No, Mr. Dane.

I tell Mike and Dr. because they're my very good friends.

Well, I must get back to my village.

Good night, Mike, Dr. Mr.

Dane. Good night, Albert.

Good night, Albert.

Well, Marsh, what do you think now?

Well, uh...

Let me put it this way. I'm confused, but I'm not convinced.

Now, that didn't hurt, did it? No.

Here you go.

Paula, my dear, when do you think Marsh will return?

Well, you know, Dad, when he's out in the bush like that, he loses all sight

time.

District substation calling Wamero.

Come in, please.

Paul Tracy here at Wamero. Come in, district substation. Is Officer Headley

there? Yes, just one minute.

Officer Headley here. Is that you, Sergeant Kayungu?

Yes, Officer Headley.

The governor has been calling from Nagoro.

He has heard rumors of a strange monster in the bush.

The senior warden told him you were disposing of the matter. He wants a

report.

Tell his excellency if he calls again that by tonight I'll bring that creature

in, dead or alive, out.

Oh, well, my dear, no rest for the weary. Thanks for the refreshment.

William, when the tourists come, you're going to buy a bus and you're going to

take them around.

Our people will sell them blankets and jewelry and hair from the monster.

We'll become the richest village in the whole territory.

And when Officer Headley arrests us, we'll become the oldest convicts in the

territory of prison.

Akula from Umera. Go out there and get rid of him and don't let him come in

here. Suppose he asks for you. I'm not here.

Ah, but you're better at talking than I. How can I talk to him with my hands

like this?

Go.

Jumbo MZ Rafiki.

Jumbo Mike.

What brings you to our poor village?

I'm looking for Albert. Is he here?

My crazy brother?

Who knows where he is?

Is he all right?

He's in love.

In love?

Well, that might explain his wandering about in the bush at night. Who is she?

Ntala.

From the Nkuru tribe.

The chief's daughter?

Well, she is a beauty.

William, have you seen any...

strange animals around lately.

Like what?

Oh, like a monster.

Monster? With the body of a gorilla, some white fur, and the walk of a man.

No, of course not. Why should anyone imagine a thing like that?

Well, Jack and I feel there is such a creature stirring about in the bush. So

does Hedley, except Hedley wants to kill it. Jack and I want to capture it for D

'Artari to study.

If you do see anything like that, please call Dr. Harry at once. And let's keep

this among ourselves, huh, old friend?

Of course.

And if a monster like that approached me, you will hear me scream so loud,

you'll hear me even without the walkie -talkie.

Quiet, William.

Quiet.

William, why did you tell our very good friend Mike a lie?

You ordered me to tell him you weren't here.

I mean about your saying that the monster does not exist.

I'm trying to spread a rumor, and you go ahead and deny it.

You heard what Mike said about Officer Headley being out with a rifle? We all

know Officer Headley's reputation as a marksman.

It is very poor.

How'd you find out at the village?

William denies that there is such a thing as a monster.

Did you say Albert lied?

Not exactly, but Albert is in love with the chief's daughter, so he may be

seeing things.

Well, Paul and Hedley saw it, too.

Which side are you on, Marsh?

I'm on the outside.

Until I examine this properly, we're just guessing.

Look, let's go back to the lab.

Then I'd like to have you take those films of Paul as to Nagoro and get them

processed. Right.

Womero calling Doctore. Dad, this is Paula. Come in, please.

Womero calling Doctore.

Dad, this is Paula. Do you read me?

That's Paula. I read you.

Dad, I got a call from Radio Nagoro.

It seems that they've received a rumor about a wild creature that's half

and half man roaming the reserve area near Bambutu Village.

Oh, what did you tell them?

Well, I asked them where they got the information, and they said from the

governor's office.

Well, what do they want from me?

Well, as a reputable scientist, they'd like you to give out a statement, either

denying or confirming the report.

What should I tell them when they call back?

Well, I can't deny it, and I won't confirm it.

I'll tell you what. Just tell them I'm searching the area and that I'll give

them an answer tonight.

They couldn't wait that long.

Out.

Hmm.

Radio Nagora.

Pretty soon the whole world will know about the monster of Mobutu Village.

Hurry.

Put this on so that Dr.

Ari can see you in it.

No.

William, one more time.

My marriage depends on it.

The future of the whole village?

You haven't completed your mission yet, have you? No.

Have you discovered something I should know?

Well, Hedley, I can give you my word. I haven't seen this creature.

But I do have a proposal for you. A moratorium.

No hunting or killing until we find out more.

Since I saw you last, Marsh, what else is there to find out?

I've come across at least a dozen natives who've been frightened out of

wits by this monster.

If I don't do something soon, there'll be mass hysteria.

But you can delay your hunt for at least one day.

The governor's been calling my office, demanding action.

Now that the word's reached Nagora, you know what'll happen.

By tomorrow morning, the roads will be choked with hunters, all trying to bag

the weirdest game of all time.

They're already referring to it as the monster of Mobutu Village.

Well, Kedley, if there is an odd creature running around loose out there

somewhere, and you kill it...

You could be destroying a major scientific discovery.

I'm sorry, Marsh.

But I value human lives more than all the books in the university.

Now, will you help me?

I'm afraid not. Looks like we're going to have to take our own separate paths.

Fellows, will you put Clarence in the truck?

Right.

Monster of Mobutu Village, eh?

Well, I'm sorry, Radio Nagara, but Dr. Tracy will be unable to issue any

statement about the monster Mobutu Village.

I suggest you call back tonight when he has more information. Out.

Well, Dad, what about it? Is it a missing link?

Well, it looks as if it's a case of a missing hoax.

That's right.

This whole missing link nonsense is a hoax, a fraud.

But I tell you, I saw it.

Oh, I'm sure you did, yes.

As a matter of fact, I found these hairs

by the waterhole where Paula saw this creature.

I took them back to the lab and compared them with a dozen or so animals around

the compound.

And what did you find?

I found that someone had taken the hairs from another animal and bleached them

white.

Are you accusing me? And if so, why?

Because even before its existence was confirmed, it suddenly became the

of Mobutu. Not Romero, but Mobutu.

And secondly, these happen to be the hairs of a North American black bear.

And thirdly, you just returned from the States.

That proves absolutely nothing.

Tell me, Albert, when you were in college in the States, you had a part

job, didn't you?

Just what did you do?

Odds and ends.

Like working as a taxidermist assistant?

Well, how did you find that out?

Well, when you wrote your family, William asked Mike what the word meant.

thought it had something to do with driving a taxi cab.

Yes, and Mike told him that it meant preserving dead animals.

Well, it still proves nothing.

You haven't even seen the creature. All you have is a couple of hairs.

And something else.

Visit Mobutu Village, home of the monster of Mobutu.

Souvenirs, film, and... personally guided tours?

So that's it.

You were trying to cash in on the tourist trade, huh?

Well, how else would I get money to buy 20 oxen?

20 oxen?

Dr. Ari, have you ever tried to buy a chief's daughter for your bride?

Talk about inflation.

My village is poor.

So I figured I would create a monster, stop the rumors, and have the monster

disappear. Have all the tourists flocking around us.

I see.

That's a very clever idea.

By the way, who was in this monster suit anyway? Somebody I know? My brother,

William.

William?

Where is he?

Well, frankly, he's out, trying to scare you.

Me? Why me?

Well... I overheard a conversation between your daughter and Radio Nagora,

asking confirmation from you as to the existence of this monster. So I sent

William out to find you, or rather, to let you find him.

Romero compound calling Dr. Harry. Marsh, do you read me?

Yeah, Mike, I read you. What's up?

Headley's sergeant called in, said Headley had reported locating the

link and was tracking it down for the final kill.

Well, did you try to stop Hedley?

No, can't contact him. He's obviously gone in on foot.

Where is he now?

He's at the north end of the Cassini bush forest.

Look, Mike, keep trying to reach Hedley and tell him to hold his fire.

Missing link turns out to be William in a monster suit.

Thank you.

Doc, hurry.

We've got to stop Hedley. He's going to shoot William.

Hadley!

Hadley!

Hadley!

You can't hear us. We'll just have to drive through the bush for us. We've got

to stop him. I can't drive through that.

Why?

We can look at it. You can't drive through that. We'll have to take the

around.

There isn't much time.

That's how I think of something.

Yeah.

Oh, Judy.

Look, Judy, take to the trees and try and stop hitting. Now, you're not afraid

of that monster, are you, huh?

Okay, good. Come on.

Judy,

what the devil?

No! No! Don't shoot!

All right, Judy, I'll protect you. Keep behind me.

Kill it, Marsh!

Kill it before it destroys us all!

William, come on.

Hand over the gun before you hurt somebody.

quite a good job of photography, especially under the circumstances.

And William made a very fine -looking monster.

Yeah.

Well, we can breathe a sigh of relief, especially Hedley. Now the monster's

officially dead.

So can William and I.

I confessed our crime to Headley and he refuses to arrest us, saying we did no

harm. But despite my confession, that monster is still alive.

What do you mean by that?

Well, I told the man at Radio Nagora that it was all a hoax.

Oh, I heard the report.

And the people believe that the monster Mobutu still exists.

But he's got it all wrong. And he's got the news of our wedding all wrong, too.

He said I had married a chief.

But I am a chief.

Chief tourist guide for the Mobutu village tour.

We've become the number one attraction in the territory.

And the more I deny the existence of that monster, the more the people

in it.

Well, I guess the people that come here looking for excitement just want to

invent their own legends, huh?

Hey, how's your brother William? Has he forgiven you for almost getting him

killed by our dauntless officer Headley?

Oh, yes.

He's most happy now that the village is prosperous and he can soon get a bride.

Right now, he's making souvenirs.

Souvenirs? What kind?

A do -it -yourself monster kit.

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