Guest guest Report post Posted May 16, 2001 <h2>Monkey mystery baffles cops</h2> Pramod Kumar Singh/New Delhi The much hyped mystery 'Tarzan' theory appears to have been floated by anti-national elements, says Delhi Police. This, say senior police officials, is being done at the behest of the Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). The modus operandi of the 'monster' or 'masked psychopath's attacks in a particular residential segment has raised several questions. Intelligence Bureau (IB) has started enquiring into the mass hysteria apparently generated by vested interests, to create panic and wear out the Delhi Police. Highly placed sources said, it is an offshoot of a bigger conspiracy. Intelligence agencies have succeeded in narrowing down two persons behind the rumours. The incident has been viewed seriously as Independence Day is just two months away, sources added. Several calls to the Police Control Room (PCR) were made without any substance. The panic among the people was born out of paranoia rather than a 'mysterious' attack. Everyone complained of a kala bandar or a monkey-man, but nobody could provide any clues about it. The so called 'attacks' were limited to densely populated ghettos and bylanes of East and North East districts. The victims were from the lower income group and the injuries were only rough scratches. Veterinary doctors, who examined the victims, are equally baffled. For them, the injuries were caused by some metallic nail and not by an animal. Investigating agencies are analysing the trend of the rumours which are circulating in the National Capital. "The whole drama was very carefully enacted by the anti-social elements who wanted to test the nerves of the Delhi Police. After creating a storm in the neighbouring areas, the trouble mongers trained their guns towards Delhi," said a senior police officer. They systematically spread the rumours about the strange creature to create fear among the people. Central intelligence agencies have got definite information that the mischief mongers are spreading terror at the behest of the ISI, officials said. A study of the patterns of the distress calls to PCR from the residents of East district on Tuesday night and Wednesday morning, makes for interesting reading. East district police received 10 calls in this duration. At 10.36 pm on Tuesday, a call was made from Ghazipur. The caller said, "I saw the shadow of a kala bandar". The PCR received another call at 10.37 pm from the same area too. Senior Police officers visited the area and found nothing. A resident of Radhu Palace called the PCR about the same 'animal'. Station House Officer (SHO) of the Shakarpur police station rushed to the spot only to find one black plastic sheet. Similarly, the PCR received similar calls at 12.06, 12.35 and 12.50 am. Area SHOs found nothing after searching the areas for hours. The calls poured in again at 1.15, 1.50 and 4.30 am. A woman residing at Kailash Nagar told police that some one knocked at her door. Her maid saw a 'huge black monkey climbing the stairs'. All of these calls were found to be bogus, said DCP East, Manoj Lall. Sanal Edamaruku of Indian Rationalist Association told The Pioneer that he visited the affected areas of Delhi and Noida. All the claims of the people who saw the strange animal were baseless. Everyone's descriptions was different. "It is an acute situational reaction of the sudden onset of hallucinations. A casual cat, a monkey, a moving shadow of a tree or even a person's scream can trigger off group panic and subsequent hallucinations", he added. Any injury or scratch or wound inflicted on their body, craving pathologically for attention could be taken as injuries caused by monkey-man. These are cases of an extreme form of pathological lying, consisting of telling stories without discernible or adequate motive. This state of mind is called 'pseudologia fantastica', Mr Edamaruku added. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Maitreya 0 Report post Posted May 16, 2001 Originally posted by rand0M aXiS:<h2>Monkey mystery baffles cops</h2> Pramod Kumar Singh/New Delhi The much hyped mystery 'Tarzan' theory appears to have been floated by anti-national elements, says Delhi Police. This, say senior police officials, is being done at the behest of the Pakistan's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI). Gorilla warfare?Sorry. "It is an acute situational reaction of the sudden onset of hallucinations. A casual cat, a monkey, a moving shadow of a tree or even a person's scream can trigger off group panic and subsequent hallucinations", he added. A "casual" cat.LOL Any injury or scratch or wound inflicted on their body, craving pathologically for attention could be taken as injuries caused by monkey-man. These are cases of an extreme form of pathological lying, consisting of telling stories without discernible or adequate motive. This state of mind is called 'pseudologia fantastica', Mr Edamaruku added. I just love that high brow terminology;"pseudologia fantastica". Anyone wanting to see some real monkey-men are invited to visit my neighborhood here in Berserkeley Ca. Night must have just passed in Dehli.I wonder if monkey-man returned. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
animesh 0 Report post Posted May 17, 2001 Night must have just passed in Dehli.I wonder if monkey-man returned. Monkey man is attacking daily. Yesternight also one woman was attacked. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2001 MSN News Monkey man" attacks India hunts mystery creature The suburbs of New Delhi were gripped by fear this week as several dozen residents reported attacks by an ape-like creature that leapt from roof to roof. Police received about 65 reports of a mysterious attacker with a human body and a monkey's face. The creature is said to have been scratching and biting victims since last Saturday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted May 18, 2001 TLC News Indian City Hunts Ape Attacker May 17 — "Monkey man" hysteria is sowing panic in India's capital, with media reporting that two terrified residents fell to their death on hearing that an ape-like attacker was nearby. Police said on Wednesday that they were no closer to solving the mystery of an ape-like creature which residents accuse of clawing and biting dozens of people in New Delhi suburbs over the past fortnight. "We have consulted doctors about the bites and they said they were by some animal," Joint Commissioner of Police Suresh Roy told Reuters. "The information we have is pointing toward an animal. But we checked with the local zoo and they said no animal had escaped from there." Media reports said that the collective hysteria claimed a second life early on Tuesday after a pregnant woman sleeping on her terrace was woken by neighbors shouting: "The monkey has come!." The woman fell down a staircase and died in hospital. Two nights earlier, an industrial worker died in similar circumstances when he leapt in terror from a building at Noida, a southeastern suburb. Roy said there had been no reports of injuries in the affected areas on Tuesday night. But there had previously been dozens of calls about attacks — many of them bogus — from people who gave varying and sometimes bizarre descriptions of the now celebrated "monkey man." Two indentikit portraits put together with the help of the creature's victims suggested it was human. One showed a swarthy broad-faced bearded man with a flat nose, thick lips and a piercing stare. The other, which could hardly have been more different, portrayed a narrow-faced man with a receding hairline, a scrappy mustache and dark glasses. The Indian Express quoted a resident of Noida as saying that a creature "as small as a cat" bit her fingers, and two of her husband's teeth were knocked out by a "metallic hand." Two houses away, there was a different story. "It was a monkey alright, and about four foot tall, but as soon as I grabbed it, it turned itself into a cat with tawny, glowing eyes," the newspaper quoted a resident as saying. Monkeys run wild in New Delhi and on the outskirts of the city. Sometimes they pounce on unsuspecting pedestrians or enter houses. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
livingentity 0 Report post Posted May 19, 2001 NDTV Exclusive Mysterious monkey man creates panic among Delhiites Saturday, May 19, 2001 (New Delhi): Fears and rumours about the existence of a monkey man have reached levels of mass hysteria in the national capital region. However, many believe there is a more rational explanation for this phenomenon. Dozens of people have been injured in the last few days after they were attacked by what many reported to be a half man, half monkey. Twelve more people have been arrested for spreading rumours and causing panic and eight more incidents have been reported. Though the phenomenon has spread from Ghaziabad to Noida to east and now to south Delhi, the nature of the colonies from where these attacks have been reported are all similar - low income groups with congested lanes with houses stacked close to each other and a high density of population. An elusive attacker who few can claim to have seen has created panic among thousands in the city. Caught in this pandemonium are bystanders like Poonam who have been hurt in the panic rather than from injuries caused by the mysterious intruder. "I called out to my husband. Everybody started running out. At that time I fell and everyone ran over me. My back has been very badly hurt," recalled Poonam. Sannel Edamaruku, Psychologist, explained, "They are living in an area where there are power cuts and there is extreme heat. In such a situation people will do anything to get a reprieve." Most residents are migrants from neighbouring states who are fighting for space and basic amenities including education. "A major section of the society is gullible and gullibility can suppress your faculty of critical inquiry, " said Mr Edamaruku. As pressure mounts on the police to catch the attacker, mass hysteria is something the police are not really trained to handle. For those who inhabit these congested colonies, which fringe the national capital region, life has always been a struggle. The monkey man phenomenon is an added source of anxiety where the excitement it has generated is offset by a very real fear. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted May 20, 2001 Friday, May 18 3:34 PM SGT <h3>New Delhi mob beats up man thought to be monkey monster</h3> NEW DELHI, May 18 (AFP) - Panic-stricken residents kept police on their toes Friday as a frenzied mob attacked a man they mistakenly believed was the elusive "monkeyman" who has been terrorising people in the city. Manik Ram, a shop owner from the eastern area of the capital, said he was woken by frantic cries for help by a neighbour who believed his son had been picked up by the mysterious creature. "When I woke up I saw a shadow disappearing over the roof top," said Ram. "As I chased the shadow, I shouted to my neighbours who joined me. We ran down the street and caught a man." According to Ram and his friends, the man was wearing black clothes and had a black helmet in his car. Eyewitness accounts have described the bizarre creature as anything from a small man disguised as a black monkey with a helmet to a seven-foot (2.1-metre) beast with illuminated green eyes and a huge metallic silver hand. But after a team of police officers rushed to the scene of the incident, it was discovered the man, who was beaten by the crowd, had simply been returning home from work after enjoying a few drinks. "This was a man trying to enter his house quietly since he had come home very late," said Mahender Singh, a constable who rescued him. "People should be more careful before giving in to panic like this," Singh added. In other parts of the city, some residents kept an all night vigil while others armed themselves with clubs, sticks and even knives and patrolled the streets. Desperate for clues about the "monkeyman" the New Delhi police Thursday announced a reward of 50,000 rupees (1,063 US dollars) to anyone who could provide solid information on the creature. But the fact that encounters have been reported in areas spreading over 30 kilometres has baffled the authorities, who are beginning to believe a group of men are playing a bizarre and bloody prank on the population of New Delhi. The police department issued warnings to stem swelling panic amongst the city's 14 million people, saying the hysteria could lead to serious problems. According to local media reports, four people have died and 60 others have been injured mainly due to panic stricken attempts to escape the elusive monster. A large number of people have fallen from rooftops or while rushing down stairs. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 13, 2005 four years later, what has happened to the monkey man? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Guest guest Report post Posted March 13, 2005 Me wondas that too, maybe he made it to Vrndavan, merging into the banda clan keeping a low profile, maybe joined Hanumans Army, the ATF, who knows? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
