Now here's something you don't see everyday. A 70 year old lady with a 200 lb chimp for a pet. On Monday Sandra Herold of Stamford Connecticut asked her friend Charla Nash to help get her pet chimp Travis back into his cage. Evidently the chimp used a key to unlock his cage and escape.
My first question would have to be, what the Hell is a 70 year old lady doing having a 200 lb. primate for a pet? Secondly, how did he get a hold of the key to his cage?
Now the situation takes a gruesome turn for the worse. The chimp, medicated with Xanex (obviously not enough) proceeds to go "Ape Shit" on the neighbor literally mauling her face off! Travis' owner scared to death that her friend was going to die, tries stabbing the crazed chimp with a knife, and hitting it with a shovel. When that didn't phase Travis she called 911. Having a tough time trying to explain the situation to the 911 operator, the Police were eventually dispatched to the scene. The officers did neutralize the horrific event, momentarily.
After getting the irate monkey into the Police car, it proceeded to attack one of the officers. The Cop shot the chimp several times, finally killing him.
The old saying, "It's only funny until someone gets hurt...........then it's hilarious! Doesn't really apply to this bizarre story.
This vicious and unprovoked attack could have been easily avoided. Bottom line, people should leave the boarding of exotic animals to the professionals.
