Fayetteville, North Carolina -
Big Ape - Gone

Unfortunately the Big Ape is gone. The owners sold the Ape to a motorcycle club with the agreement that he would be shown at parades, events, etc...While not at an event the Big Ape is in the clubhouse, unseen by the public. [Jay, 09/01/2010]

There is a big ape on a sign right near where Bragg Blvd crosses onto Fort Bragg. I don't know if I'd describe it as gigantic. I've driven past it for years and I remember it being bigger too. But as I stopped to take a picture I see that it's only about 6 feet tall. The ape's days may be numbered as a new interstate by-pass will be coming through. The store and property are for sale and I hear a McDonald's may be built on this site. So get out and see the ape while you can! [John Reidy, 04/03/2010]

[RA: It's the loneliest ape in Fayetteville. That statue type is somewhat common and modestly sized, but this monkey's blown-out sign perch is amusing.]

Gigantic black ape statue atop a tall sign post for a car sound and stereo place on Bragg Blvd., in between Ft. Bragg and Fayetteville, NC. Has been up since the early '60s, I think, along with the numerous old pawn shop balls and spires of that time period, which run up and down Fayetteville's Bragg Blvd. [Christina, 05/19/2005]