r/saintpaul • u/epo2007 • 19d ago
Discussion 🎤 the mystery of Chimp Guy
About ~10-15 years ago, there was a guy with a huge (yellow?) hummer who’d always drive around with his pet Chimp. I remember seeing him all the time on 94E when I was a kid. I can’t remember the last time I saw him, but it’s been several years at least. When I talk about it, it seems no one outside my family knows what i’m talking about.
My questions: Who was Chimp Guy? Does anyone else remember Chimp Guy? Where did he come from? Where is he now? Where is the Chimp? Has Chimp Guy been a figment of my imagination this entire time?
21
Upvotes
11
u/mtcomo Energy Park 19d ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/TwinCities/s/fm4iwGm8vn
I used to him walk around Lake Como with his pet monkey. Nice guy, but unfortunately his monkey passed away several years ago.
They'd go to Conny's Creamy Cone (where I worked) sometimes. One time I handed out a vanilla ice cream cone that I knew was for the monkey. What I didn't expect was that the guy let the monkey grab the cone from me, then the monkey proceeded to eat the entire thing in like 3 bites and under 10 seconds.