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Thursday, June 4, 2020

An Elephant on the Loose in Coney Island

This kinda sounds like the plot to a poorly scripted animated kids movie… but it really did happen!

116 years ago a massive elephant escaped from a showcase at Coney Island's Luna Park and swam all the way to Staten Island. This is an amazing read from our friends at the phenomenal site Untapped NY about a crazy day almost lost to history!

Talk about a New York City Big Adventure...

https://untappedcities.com/2020/05/22/the-brave-escape-of-alice-the-elephant-who-swam-from-coney-island-to-staten-island/



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Coney Island's Luna Park as it appeared around 1904


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Topsy the Elephant about to meet a lousy fate


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