Ohio shop's gorilla mascot attacked by banana

STRONGSVILLE, Ohio (AP) - July 8, 2011

The Wireless Center in Strongsville, near Cleveland, advertises at curbside with a man in a gorilla suit. Manager Brandon Parham says he was watching last week as a kid dressed as a banana emerged from some bushes and took a flying leap at the store mascot.

Parham says the attacker looked like a Spartan from the movie "300" - except he was a banana.

The gorilla was knocked down but got back up, adjusted his head and went back to work.

A local television station reports the banana split - running down the street with other teens.

Police think it was a prank. They weren't able to find the offending fruit.

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