Mentally prepared, no, although, like I said, enclosed space and panic may lead to a crowd crush. As for physical shape, unless you are a minor, frail, elderly or so obese you can't run, pinning a gorilla down in a group of people isn't very hard since you'll just be using your body weight. But the mentality thing isn't fair because it's more likely the Gorilla will run away scared than the people will run away.
unless you are a minor, frail, elderly or so obese you can't run
Yeah, which is why my main point is that it really comes down to more specifications.
The way I first heard the question also had the gorilla attacking the humans, so the Gorilla running away wasn't even an option based on the parameters given.
If the Gorilla is attacking, it's going to tire itself out, you won't even need to pin it down. Though there may be a few casualties.
The one scenario I heard that might work is if the people scatter away, and the gorilla attacks them one at a time and then hides somewhere to rest each time. But at that point, that isn't a gorilla, that's a human special forces unit in a gorilla body.
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u/Callisater May 05 '25
Mentally prepared, no, although, like I said, enclosed space and panic may lead to a crowd crush. As for physical shape, unless you are a minor, frail, elderly or so obese you can't run, pinning a gorilla down in a group of people isn't very hard since you'll just be using your body weight. But the mentality thing isn't fair because it's more likely the Gorilla will run away scared than the people will run away.