Clyde and Albert
Posted By thecircusblog on June 14, 2010
A concerned Clyde Beatty stands by his friend Albert Fleet in the emergency room. During Albert’s act, “Mick”, a large male chimp attacked him and mauled his right hand and ultimately he lost some fingers. All great ape trainers know this can happen and I myself was always on guard. Chimps can be double trouble… especially big males. I was nailed badly three different times but I was lucky…. I kept my fingers and still have the horrible memory that I could have lost them.
Steve Fleet has made a comment about his Uncle Albert Fleet.
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My Dad told me about this incident. They went back later and Mickie still had uncle Albert’s finger in his mouth. Dad asked for it and Mickie stuck out his tongue with uncle Albert’s finger sitting right on it.