"At first everything seemed fine. She was bleeding a little from her forehead, but seemed to be in good health,"
"But she was hit in the head and gorillas have enormous strength, so we called an ambulance. After a while, she felt weak and we had to lie her down."
Castro added that the gorillas have never thrown things at visitors before, with the exception of lighter objects like grass.
However, following the news of the stone-throwing gorilla, other Swedes shared similar stories about their experiences with the Kolmården primates.
The mother of a 7-year-old boy said that the gorilla had thrown a stone at her son in July last year.
"I got so scared and was thinking "Please, don't throw rocks. They are scary."
The gorilla is the largest primate in the world and is native to the forests of central Africa.
They are the closest relative to the human being, after the chimpanzee and the bonobo.
It is estimated that fewer than 700 mountain gorillas are left in the wild.
this however was not the first time Kolmården will be making Headlines following the June last year incident when the zoo's wolf pack mauled and killed a female employee.
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