 Bwana William Bridges kandi yaranditse ati: Muri iki gihe gishize ikintu cyavugwa, ni uko ibyakozwe byose bitari bigamije inabi, kuko Ota Benga yari ateye amatsiko rubanda rwa New York. Ubucuti bwabashimuswe nababashimuse Hejuru yibi byari byaravuzwe, hiyongereyeho igitabo cyasohotse mu 1992 cyanditswe gifatanyijwe numwuzukuru wa Samuel Verner, umugabo wagiye muri Congo yitwaje intwaro nyinshi agashimuta Ota Benga nabandi ngo bazerekanwe mu imurika ryisi rya St Louis mu 1904. 