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De Loys Ape
De Loys Ape
Written By Mister Gu on Tuesday, October 9, 2012 | 5:46 AM
The name de Loys’ Ape refers to a 5-foottall (1.5m) ape-man supposedly discovered by Swiss oil geologist François de Loys during an expedition to South America. Between 1917 and 1920, Francois de Loys explored the swamps, rivers, and mountains west and southwest of Lake Maracaibo near the Colombia-Venezuela border. The participants are said to have suffered considerable hardship and a number