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Chef attacked by man in gorilla suit talks about ordeal

By Trey Paul - bio | email

CONWAY, SC (WMBF) - The hibachi cook who says he was attacked by a man in a gorilla suit is talking about the ordeal that took place Monday night.

Scott Sanders says he was closing Jimmy's Japanese Hibachi around 10:30 p.m. After he took out the trash, he was punched in the face by a man dressed in a gorilla suit.

Sanders says the two got into a fight and he was able to make it back inside the restaurant, but the man in the suit pushed his way inside.

"I tried to shut the door but he pulled it open," Sanders recalled. "We wrestled and I fell to the ground where I have a knife set.  He ran up to the register and I grabbed the cleaver and went up behind him and hit him in the arm."

Sanders said the man in the gorilla suit took off out the back door with a cleaver stuck in his arm.

"The only thing I was thinking was 'I got to get away from this freak,'" Sanders said.

Sanders said he still has no idea who did it, but he thinks it was an attempted robbery. If it was, the owner said this is the first time something like this has happened.

"This is the craziest thing that's happened in my life," Sanders commented.

Sanders has a few bruises on his eyes, but he said things are back to normal.

"I'm glad it was me and not anyone else," he said. "I'm glad he wasn't armed."

Officials urge anyone with information about the attack to call Conway Police.

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