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Bear Trap Set Up to Catch Orangutan

    Created: 11/15/2007 7:10:45 PM    Updated: 11/16/2007 11:46:57 AM
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By Kristin Smith First Coast News

BAKER COUNTY, FL -- Thursday, Florida Fish and Wildlife set up a trap for a primate apparently spotted a couple of days ago.

It seemed just about everyone in the sleepy town of Glynn Saint Mary's knew about the big sighting, but today, First Coast News found out some people hadn't heard the news.

But if they see it, they'll know what it is.

"It's an orange-ish brown, that's all I know," said one resident.

"I had no idea," said another resident.

They're talking about a possible Orangutan on the loose.

But Florida Fish and Wildlife says they think something is there. And they're setting up a trap to try to catch it. Ken Holmes put bananas and apples inside what's normally used to trap bears.

It's set up in the yard of the family that apparently saw the Orangutan in their back yard.

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