Mighty Joe the Gorilla Statue
Mighty Joe the Gorilla Statue, 1231 US-206, Shamong, NJ 08088, USA
About
A 25-foot fiberglass gorilla looming over a gas station in the middle of the Pine Barrens... and he's not just a random roadside oddity. He started life on the Wildwood Boardwalk, then a go-kart track, before a grieving father bought him for $2,000 and restored him as a memorial to his son, a bodybuilder who died of a brain tumor in 1999. A sign on his chest says it all. Free and always visible from the road. Pull over, read the plaque, grab something from the deli.