The Gorrilla Train Wreck is it responsible for so many Bigfoot Sightings in WV . But did the Circus Train Wreck even happen?

 There is a story told about a Barnum & Bailey   Circus Train Wreck which happened on February 5th 1952

in which 35 Gorillas out of 50  supposedly escaped the wreck near Lynchburg Va. and where never seen again .

All the way up to the 80s people claim to have seen or heard the gorillas swinging away deep in the woods.

Supposedly these interlopers are what are now the Big Foots you see running around WV .

There is also this supposed train engine still sitting in the woods left over from the wreck. 

https://bucklesw.blogspot.com/2008/02/from-wayne-jackson.html

 

I think this whole tale is nothing more than an urban legend made up by those who saw this old abandoned train.

I can not find the wreck listed in any of the various railroad sites .

Plus 35 Gorillas loose  and never captured this would have made national headlines.

No Way this would have been allowed to happen.