OT:Monkey Goes Ape-Shit!

[The Sushi Hunter]

At 200 pounds, that was one strong mother fucking trunk monkey! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l8oPVVGYQ40

http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/ci_11717191

Chimp badly mauls woman in North Stamford, cops cap that ape!

STAMFORD - A woman whose 200-pound chimpanzee attacked her friend Monday afternoon tried to stop the attack by stabbing her pet primate with a butcher knife, police said. As police arrived to clear the way for emergency medical workers to treat the seriously injured friend, the chimp, Travis, revived and opened the door of the police cruiser.

The officer inside fired several shots, killing the chimp. Travis' owner, Sandra Herold, and two officers also were hurt, though the extent of their injuries wasn't clear.

Travis was known in Stamford for years because he rode around in trucks belonging to Herold's towing company, Desire Me Motors in Stamford.

The attack occurred outside Herold's home at 241 Rock Rimmon Road. The body of Travis, a pet chimpanzee, who attacked two women and was shot and killed by a Stamford Police Department officer, is under a sheet in the back of a Stamford Animal Control truck at the Herold residence on Rock Rimmon Road in Stamford, Conn. on Sunday, Feb. 16, 2009. The friend's name, age and hometown are not known. Her face was very badly mauled by the chimp, police said."She suffered a tremendous loss of blood," Capt. Richard Conklin said. Herold apparently called 911 when she went into the house to get the butcher knife, Conklin said.

After he was stabbed, Travis wandered around the yard, he said. When police arrived, Travis, who was known for liking police officers, tried to open the passenger door of the cruiser, smashing the side-view mirror. When he couldn't get it open, the chimp went around to the driver's-side door and opened it.

That is when the officer shot him several times. "He had no choice but to pull his pistol and fire several rounds," Conklin said of the officer. "The EMS personnel were reluctant to go in (to treat the injured woman) because there was an enraged chimpanzee on the loose." Herold's friend, Don Mecca of Port Chester, N.Y., said he was wary of the chimp.

"They're pretty calm ... but they will get you one way or the other" if they are angered, Mecca said.

Many Stamford residents know Travis for an incident in October 2003, when the chimp jumped out of an SUV in which he was riding with Herold and her late husband, Jerome. The incident occurred after a young man threw something at the SUV that went through a half-open window and struck Travis while they were stopped at a traffic light. Startled, Travis unbuckled his seat belt, opened the SUV door and went after the man, but did not catch him.

Travis then played at the busy Tresser Boulevard intersection for about two hours. Each time they lured him into the SUV, he got back out by opening the door before they could lock it. The same thing happened when they tried to get Travis into the back of a police cruiser. At one point the chimp chased officers around a police car parked on Tresser Boulevard. Police finally forced him back into the SUV.

It is not illegal to own an exotic pet in Connecticut, but a law requires new owners to have permits. The law was not retroactive and did not apply to the Herolds. As The Advocate has reported, the 15-year-old chimp was toilet trained, dressed himself, took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass. He brushed his teeth using a Water Pik, logged onto the computer to look at pictures, and watched television using the remote control.

When he was younger, Travis appeared on TV commercials for Old Navy and Coca-Cola, made an appearance on the "Maury Povich Show" and took part in a television pilot.

Through the Herolds' towing business, the chimp got to know several police officers. During the incident at the downtown intersection, Travis thought the officers who tried to contain him were playing, the owner said at the time.
Stamford police will hold a press conference at headquarters on Bedford Street at 8 p.m., they said.

[larryfromnextdoor]

monkeys and elephants go nuts because they are tired of people messing with them..

[StoneCold]

monkeys and elephants go nuts because they are tired of people messing with them..

Yeppers, some animals no likey da peoples

bears
alligators
crocodiles
sting rays
white tigers in vegas

snakes don't want to be charmed

[larryfromnextdoor]

monkeys and elephants go nuts because they are tired of people messing with them..

Yeppers, some animals no likey da peoples

bears
alligators
crocodiles
sting rays
white tigers in vegas

snakes don't want to be charmed

.. i guess not!!

[Arianddu]

monkeys and elephants go nuts because they are tired of people messing with them..

Yeppers, some animals no likey da peoples

bears
alligators
crocodiles
sting rays
white tigers in vegas

snakes don't want to be charmed

I'll have to remember that the next time some guy asks me 'come charm his snake'.

[G.I.Jim]

monkeys and elephants go nuts because they are tired of people messing with them..

Yeppers, some animals no likey da peoples

bears
alligators
crocodiles
sting rays
white tigers in vegas

snakes don't want to be charmed

I'll have to remember that the next time some guy asks me 'come charm his snake'.

Hey...some snakes like to be charmed!

[StoneCold]

monkeys and elephants go nuts because they are tired of people messing with them..

Yeppers, some animals no likey da peoples

bears
alligators
crocodiles
sting rays
white tigers in vegas

snakes don't want to be charmed

I'll have to remember that the next time some guy asks me 'come charm his snake'.

Ha ha Ari, and you tease us guys for the rack requests.

Guess I should've added the word "some" in there.

[Arianddu]

monkeys and elephants go nuts because they are tired of people messing with them..

Yeppers, some animals no likey da peoples

bears
alligators
crocodiles
sting rays
white tigers in vegas

snakes don't want to be charmed

I'll have to remember that the next time some guy asks me 'come charm his snake'.

Ha ha Ari, and you tease us guys for the rack requests.

Guess I should've added the word "some" in there.

Nah, seriously, I've had that line used on me by three different guys in three different countries. Technically three different continents, if you count the UK as being part of Europe.

[The Sushi Hunter]

Is there anyone on this site from the Philippines? If so, they will also know that wild monkeys are set off in attack mode if you smile at them. Because in monkey language, if they show their teeth to one another, that's a sign of aggression and they will attack. When I was in the military in the Philippines, we were debriefed on what to do and what not to do in the event we come across a pack of wild monkeys out in the jungle, which we occasionally would. We would be doing some training and a rock would go flying by. And then another rock would go flying by. And before we knew it, many rocks were flying by and we'd notice a pack of wild monkeys throwing rocks at us. The monkeys would then come storming up to us. We had to be sure not to smile at them and show them our teeth. Doing so would only piss them off and they would physically attack.

So what most likely happened at Stamford to the 50 year old chick was she came over, smiled at Travis and the monkey tore into her like nobodys business. Same thing would have happened if Micheal Jackson ever smiled at Bubbles, his personal monkey. Bubbles would have fucked him up too.

[The Sushi Hunter]

Caught on tape by a recording device mounted in the police cruiser that Travis was attempting to get into recorded the monkey saying words to the effect: "Do you want me to trash your fucking lights?" and so fourth. Travis also appeared in Old Navy, Coca-Cola commercials, guest on the Maury Povich Show and took part in a television pilot in his younger acting career.

[conversationpc]

It's amazing how much stronger most animals are, pound for pound, than we are.

[Arianddu]

Caught on tape by a recording device mounted in the police cruiser that Travis was attempting to get into recorded the monkey saying words to the effect: "Do you want me to trash your fucking lights?" and so fourth. Travis also appeared in Old Navy, Coca-Cola commercials, guest on the Maury Povich Show and took part in a television pilot in his younger acting career.

So just another childhood actor gone off the rails, then.

[hoagiepete]

I'm just waitin' for the PETA folks to sue (or at least take issue with) the policeman for shooting the animal. Don't mind the fact it just ate the hands off a woman.

Funny thing (relatively speaking) is that it sounds like it scared the shit out of the cops.

[The Sushi Hunter]

I'm just waitin' for the PETA folks to sue (or at least take issue with) the policeman for shooting the animal. Don't mind the fact it just ate the hands off a woman.

Funny thing (relatively speaking) is that it sounds like it scared the shit out of the cops.

I don't know about you, but a 200 pound angry motherfucking missing link on the loose, suffering from Lyme disease and on Xanax would scare the shit out of me too! Sounds like a couple of people I've come across in down town San Francisco after the clubs let out.

[tammy]

This was on Good Morning America today. The owner of the chimp called 911 when he started attacking her friend. She was screaming, "bring guns you have to shoot him, he killed my friend..." Apparently, the friend had come over wearing a different hairstyle and the chimp didn't recognize her...the chimp also had some disease and was on meds and the owner had given him Xanax (anti-anxiety pill). A very weird story...the owner said of the chimp, "we did everything together, we ate together, we slept together"!!??

[larryfromnextdoor]

This was on Good Morning America today. The owner of the chimp called 911 when he started attacking her friend. She was screaming, "bring guns you have to shoot him, he killed my friend..." Apparently, the friend had come over wearing a different hairstyle and the chimp didn't recognize her...the chimp also had lung disease and was on meds and the owner had given him Xanax (anti-anxiety pill). A very weird story...the owner said of the chimp, "we did everything together, we ate together, we slept together"!!??

this is going to end up terrible.. the news this morning stated that the victim will soon be going through

Life Changing events.. .. they reported the details about her injury , i cant even type it out its so bad..

[Ehwmatt]

First of all, this owner is clearly off her rocker... sleeping with a fucking chimpanzee?

Second of all, how many states are you even allowed to obtain a goddamn monkey and have it as a pet? Where the fuck would I go to buy a monkey? eBay?

[Ehwmatt]

Reading more on this, seems this wasn't Travis's first run-in with the police. Why was this thing allowed to continue living there? Some of the stories I've found say that the chimp might have been kept in the house illegally, despite an apparent loop hole in the law. Confusing stuff.

[Don]

Reading more on this, seems this wasn't Travis's first run-in with the police. Why was this thing allowed to continue living there? Some of the stories I've found say that the chimp might have been kept in the house illegally, despite an apparent loop hole in the law. Confusing stuff.

Yeah, it appears he had a record already. I think he just got probation on his prior offense.

[The Sushi Hunter]

A very weird story...the owner said of the chimp, "we did everything together, we ate together, we slept together"!!??

Yeah, I sort of got that suspicion that something was going on here, the owner was a widow and cooked Travis steak and lobster regularily. Sounds like there was some serious monkey business going on in that dwelling. The monkey was probably throwing o'girl the bone every night. Which in that case, this was just a text book domestic and ended like most do...someone seriously fucked up and the perp dead.

The owner is now saying she never gave the monkey Xanax. She's saying that to cover her ass. Well it's not going to work cause she's loosing even everything she doesn't have to pay for her friends medical bills, pain and suffering, and a bunch of things she'll be charged with by the county/state that she resides in for keeping this fucking thing in her house in the first place.

The monkeys I had to deal with in the Philippines were more like these (with a happy ending):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cZsa6xmjm-w

[StoneCold]

NOT FOR FAINT OF HEART

The caller's hysterical.

Chimp Attack 911 call
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgS0KgT5 ... Mzt7vGNqD4

[Arianddu]

Why can't people get it through their heads that animals aren't toys? Chimpanzees aren't domestic animals, and they aren't suitable pets. Crocodiles, chimps, cougar, kangaroos, alligators, wolves... they aren't cuddly, cute things to make you look cool. The exotic pet trade is a disgrace - and don't get me started on bird smuggling!

[Sarah]

The woman lost her eyes and jaw.

He literally did tear off her face.

[The Sushi Hunter]

I knew it was bad, but I didn't know it was that bad. The owner is going to do jail time I bet. Because she first said she gave the chimp Xanax, which means an array of charges against her. First, isn't Xanax prescription only? If so, she may have obtained the Xanax under false pretences, as in she said it was for herself. I serously doubt a doctor or vet. would prescribe Xanax to a chimp that was someone's pet. Second, if a pet chimp needs some meds like that, this would trigger the state to pull her permit for having the chimp as a pet, regardless of any grandfather clause in affect for such exotic pets. Lastly and most damning to this owner is the fact that she knowingly put her friend in danger by calling her up to come over when she knew the chimp was out of control...after giving it Xanex. I see this owner going to jail on all of these arguments plus others I'm unaware of.

[StoneCold]

The woman lost her eyes and jaw.

He literally did tear off her face.

Gawd, now I'm envisioning the whole thing. Having trouble keeping my oatmeal down.

[Behshad]

I knew it was bad, but I didn't know it was that bad. The owner is going to do jail time I bet. Because she first said she gave the chimp Xanax, which means an array of charges against her. First, isn't Xanax prescription only? If so, she may have obtained the Xanax under false pretences, as in she said it was for herself. I serously doubt a doctor or vet. would prescribe Xanax to a chimp that was someone's pet. Second, if a pet chimp needs some meds like that, this would trigger the state to pull her permit for having the chimp as a pet, regardless of any grandfather clause in affect for such exotic pets. Lastly and most damning to this owner is the fact that she knowingly put her friend in danger by calling her up to come over when she knew the chimp was out of control...after giving it Xanex. I see this owner going to jail on all of these arguments plus others I'm unaware of.

I think you missed few things in this story.

The Chimp was on few medication, Zanax included. Howver, she says now that the Zanax wasnt melted enough in the drink she made for the ape, which means the chimp didnt get the zanax in his system after all.
Also, the police can not pull her permit, cause she never had a permit. Kinda hard .

I think she will have to pay for her friends medical bills, plus a whole bunch more, if the friend decided to sue.
I personally dont see jail time in this case though.

[SP Fan in Oregon]

Is there anyone on this site from the Philippines? If so, they will also know that wild monkeys are set off in attack mode if you smile at them. Because in monkey language, if they show their teeth to one another, that's a sign of aggression and they will attack. When I was in the military in the Philippines, we were debriefed on what to do and what not to do in the event we come across a pack of wild monkeys out in the jungle, which we occasionally would. We would be doing some training and a rock would go flying by. And then another rock would go flying by. And before we knew it, many rocks were flying by and we'd notice a pack of wild monkeys throwing rocks at us. The monkeys would then come storming up to us. We had to be sure not to smile at them and show them our teeth. Doing so would only piss them off and they would physically attack.

So what most likely happened at Stamford to the 50 year old chick was she came over, smiled at Travis and the monkey tore into her like nobodys business. Same thing would have happened if Micheal Jackson ever smiled at Bubbles, his personal monkey. Bubbles would have fucked him up too.

AS OPPOSED TO MICHAEL FUCKING HIMSELF UP..............

[StoneCold]

So what most likely happened at Stamford to the 50 year old chick was she came over, smiled at Travis and the monkey tore into her like nobodys business. Same thing would have happened if Micheal Jackson ever smiled at Bubbles, his personal monkey. Bubbles would have fucked him up too.

AS OPPOSED TO MICHAEL FUCKING HIMSELF UP..............

OTM

[The Sushi Hunter]

Is there anyone on this site from the Philippines? If so, they will also know that wild monkeys are set off in attack mode if you smile at them. Because in monkey language, if they show their teeth to one another, that's a sign of aggression and they will attack. When I was in the military in the Philippines, we were debriefed on what to do and what not to do in the event we come across a pack of wild monkeys out in the jungle, which we occasionally would. We would be doing some training and a rock would go flying by. And then another rock would go flying by. And before we knew it, many rocks were flying by and we'd notice a pack of wild monkeys throwing rocks at us. The monkeys would then come storming up to us. We had to be sure not to smile at them and show them our teeth. Doing so would only piss them off and they would physically attack.

So what most likely happened at Stamford to the 50 year old chick was she came over, smiled at Travis and the monkey tore into her like nobodys business. Same thing would have happened if Micheal Jackson ever smiled at Bubbles, his personal monkey. Bubbles would have fucked him up too.

AS OPPOSED TO MICHAEL FUCKING HIMSELF UP..............

MJ paid hundreds of thousands if not millions to fuck up his face. He could have had Bubbles do it for free. What a dumb ass. That's like when the 50+ year old Japanese chick followed me into the bathroom at a bar once in Japan, Telling me "3,000 yen I make you cum". I turned around and told her I could do that myself for free.

[Behshad]

MJ paid hundreds of thousands if not millions to fuck up his face. He could have had Bubbles do it for free. What a dumb ass. That's like when the 50+ year old Japanese chick followed me into the bathroom at a bar once in Japan, Telling me "3,000 yen I make you cum". I turned around and told her I could do that myself for free.

Isnt that like $30 ???
You must really enjoy your own hands A LOT