June 28th in Elvis History

It’s June twenty-eighth, and on this day in 1962… while home in Memphis for the summer, Elvis Presley acquired his most notorious pet—Scatter the chimpanzee. Originally a TV performer in Memphis, Scatter quickly became a fixture in Elvis’s Hollywood home, known for his wild antics and party tricks, including his fondness for peeking under women’s dresses. Alan Fortas often chauffeured Scatter around town, letting the chimp wear a driver’s cap and pose behind the wheel at stop signs. But Scatter’s charm faded as he developed a taste for alcohol and became increasingly unruly, eventually landing him in a pen at Graceland.