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"When news links get tenuous..."

[URL]http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_1508837,00180007.htm[/URL]

'The owner's part Indian, and we're an Indian newspaper... and Prince William! Will be a sure-fire hit with the readers!'

Before anyone asks, I came across that when trying to work out something/anything about where I actually was last night :P

:D

[URL]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkey-man_of_New_Delhi[/URL]

'...and two people even died when they leapt from the tops of buildings in a panic caused by what they thought was the attacker.'

I can picture the scene at the mortuary... Doctor with a thick Indian accent...

'Hello? Are you there? Are you alive? Ah yes, you're dead. Why did you die? run away you say? From what? A monkey? Ah yes. That will do.' *bag zipped*

monkey_man wrote:
> I remember The Hindustan Times, they had an inside man on the great
> "Monkey Man of New Delhi" story.

Apparently the Monkey Man feasts on dogs it chases down in the streets: [URL]http://www.taquetfilm.com/images/chipotle/hasselhoff.jpg[/URL]

There's a better entry on the Wikipedia, which I can't be bothered finding.

Apparently it could turn into a cat when bright light was shone on it...hmmm...

I'm actually LOL-ing :)

[URL]http://www.konformist.com/images/2001/monkeyman.gif[/URL]
I was trying to find something funny to comment on it about, but I think the actual "eyewitness description" is funny enough.

I remember The Hindustan Times, they had an inside man on the great "Monkey Man of New Delhi" story.

[URL]http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/7242_1508837,00180007.htm[/URL]

'The owner's part Indian, and we're an Indian newspaper... and Prince William! Will be a sure-fire hit with the readers!'

Before anyone asks, I came across that when trying to work out something/anything about where I actually was last night :P