Monkeys run amuck in Assam

From todays New York Post.

Troupes of monkeys are out of control in India's northeast, stealing cellphones and breaking into homes to steal soft drinks from refrigerators.
"Monkeys are wreaking havoc in my constituency by taking away mobile phones, toothpaste, sipping Coke after opening the refrigerators." Hiren Das told Assam state's assembly. He said the primates were "even slapping the women who try to chase them."
Assam's wildlife minister, Rockybul Hussain, said the state government has formed a panel to study the problem.

they will be drinking my beer next!!


Must be the usual planet, oops, panel of the apes.

PS ananda2193, do you have a link to the article?

You could probably find it online tommorrow at www.newyorkpost.com in the "Weird but True." page.

I've discovered that they usually don't put it online until the next day.

But it will be there eventually.

Just found it Capt.

Here's the link,

http://www.nypost.com/seven/11182007...irdbuttrue.htm

that linked to

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which is even funnier!

monkeys its the people you have to watch out for, just spent time there .. refused entry from several hotels because i am a foreigner, people rioting in the streets what a dreadfull place guwati is......

So stealing, sipping coke, and slapping women? Are they actually monkeys or just very hairy men still living in the middles ages or something like that?

Clearly they are health conscious though - stealing toothpaste (to clean their teeth after having a coke).....