Strange Animals “Seen”
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Monkeys. Maybe?
Strange Animals “Seen” in New Caledonia
(From Our Own Correspondent) A SENSATION has been caused among the hunters on North New Caledonia.
One of them, from the region of Mt. Panier, highest mountain in NC (1650 metres) reports meeting up with a strange animal which, on being sighted, swung 15 feet into a tree, afterwards dropping to the ground and making off into the forest.
The hunter says he thinks the animal was a monkey.
Hunters in the neighbourhood are undecided whether to investigate the animal or the brand of liquor used by the hunter.
From time to time, there have been isolated reports of monkeys being seen in NC. Some of the deep forests may harbour strange animals, being little explored as yet. How ever, it is very doubtful that this country has a native monkey. A few monkeys were brought here during the war by American service men coming from the North but it is considered unlikely that these animals have ever bred here. (Reports of monkeys in Papua have been received from time to time, too. But no one has yet been able to produce proof that monkeys exist there).