Hartlepool: Where Hanging a Monkey Led to Electing One
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Hartlepool: Where Hanging a Monkey Led to Electing One
Hartlepool: Where Hanging a Monkey Led to Electing One During the Napoleonic Wars, Hartlepool residents found a shipwrecked monkey in a French military uniform and, having never seen an actual Frenchman, decided it must be a spy. They held a trial, and when the monkey couldn't answer questions (shocking), they hanged it in the town square. This ...
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History Unveiled on Instagram: "The Bizarre Legend of the Monkey Hangers 🐵 During the Napoleonic Wars, a French ship wrecked off the coast of Hartlepool, England. The only survivor — a monkey dressed in a French uniform — was mistaken for a spy by locals who had never seen a monkey before. They held a mock trial and, in one of history’s strangest tales, hanged the poor creature. Known today as The Legend of the Monkey Hangers, this story lives on with Hartlepool United’s mascot, H’Angus — who e
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History Unveiled on Instagram: "The Bizarre Legend of the Monkey Hangers 🐵 During the Napoleonic Wars, a French ship wrecked off the coast of Hartlepool, England. The only survivor — a monkey dressed in a French uniform — was mistaken for a spy by locals who had never seen a monkey before. They held a mock trial and, in one of history’s strangest tales, hanged the poor creature. Known today as The Legend of the Monkey Hangers, this story lives on with Hartlepool United’s mascot, H’Angus — who e
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