What happened to Samson, the 652 pound lowland gorilla so many Milwaukeeans used to watch with amazement at the Milwaukee County Zoo?  Why isn't he on display for all of us to reminise about and relive the terror that big ape used to evoke when he would throw a temper tantrum and bang on the glass?

The short answer is he's dead (get over it) but the question remains about what happened to his remains.  For years the moody gorilla was laid up in a freezer while others debated whether to display him and if so, how?  Would he be stuffed and displayed in one of his angrier looking poses?

That decision was made for them when it was discovered that Samson had suffered from freezer burn.

Maybe someone didn't close his ziplock tight enough or maybe there was a hole in the bag, but once it was discovered that he was freezer burned that was it for Samson — he wasn't going to be stuffed.

His skeleton was displayed at the Milwaukee Public Museum in their Sense of Wonder exibit but now a taxidermist is creating a big fake Samson.  For those of us who remember Samson's meltdown's, it ought to be interesting to see if the taxidermist can capture his essence.