# Attack of the Monkey-Man!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-monkey-man/65583>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [May 16, 2001, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-monkey-man/65583 "2001-05-16T07:53:24Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 5\
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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 7:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-monkey-man/65583/1 "2001-05-16T07:53:24Z")

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[This](http://www.iinet.net.au/bin/loader.news?storyurl=%2Fcommon%2Fstory_page%2F0%2C4057%2C2003231%25255E1702%2C00.html) is the best news story, EVER.

“It has three buttons on its chest. One makes it turn into a monkey, the second gives it extra strength, the third makes it invisible,” said Kumari, the housemaid. “He touches a lock and it breaks. But he is afraid of the light.”

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**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 7:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-monkey-man/65583/2 "2001-05-16T07:57:25Z")

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Your link was 404 for me. But I did read it about an hour ago on [Drudge](http://www.dailypioneer.com/secon3.asp?cat=%5Ccity1&d=CITY).

Probably just a monkey. They’re overrunning several parts of India.

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**Author:** ![SPOOFE](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/c5a1d2/32.png) [@SPOOFE](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SPOOFE)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 8:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-monkey-man/65583/3 "2001-05-16T08:07:02Z")

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You know, for a second I thought Homer’s monkey-butlers had gone on a rampage…

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 8:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-monkey-man/65583/4 "2001-05-16T08:08:08Z")

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Let me try again…

[http://www.iinet.net.au/bin/loader.news?storyurl=%2Fcommon%2Fstory\_page%2F0%2C4057%2C2003231%255E1702%2C00.html](http://www.iinet.net.au/bin/loader.news?storyurl=%2Fcommon%2Fstory_page%2F0%2C4057%2C2003231%25255E1702%2C00.html)

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**Author:** ![Badtz\_Maru](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/e36b37/32.png) [@Badtz\_Maru](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Badtz_Maru)\
**Post date:** [May 16, 2001, 8:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/attack-of-the-monkey-man/65583/5 "2001-05-16T08:20:56Z")

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Dang, for some reason I can’t link to it, though I copied the link from another forum where it worked.