Monkey Phobia Woman Savaged By Macaques

Sky News ^ | 6/18/10 | Staff

[MissTed]

A British woman who went to a Thai nature resort to conquer her fear of monkeys has been savaged by a pack of macaques.

Dee Darwell, 56, lost consciousness after the monkeys surrounded her and sank their teeth into her arms and body.

Many of the primates remained hanging from her limbs as she lay collapsed with blood spurting from a "deep, deep hole" in her arm.

She was eventually rescued by Thai boatmen and was taken to Bangkok Phuket Hospital.

The horrific attack happened on Monkey Island near to the popular holiday island of Phuket in southern Thailand.

"I thought I was heading for safety under this rock in the shade, only to cool down," Mrs Darwell, from Peterborough, said.

"I laid the towel down and there were no monkeys in sight.

"The next thing I noticed, this monkey walked up next to me and I thought, oh dear, and I began to stand up to move away.

"Then, the monkey took my wrist and pounced on my right arm, sinking his teeth in and hung off it.

"He wouldn't let go; he was locked on. I was absolutely petrified."

Thai fishermen ran to the rescue after spotting more monkeys joining the assault and began prising them off.

Mrs Darwell said she had agreed to go on the Siam Sea Canoe tour with a friend to confront her fear of monkeys.

Her phobia had been triggered by her father bringing up a chimpanzee which she described as "positively evil".

She said: "I thought, this is it, I'm going to die, I'm going to be savaged by these monkeys - then I went into shock."

[MissTed]

I'm guessing it didn't work.

[GodBlessRonaldReagan]

A macaca incident.

[domenad]

Turns out she was absolutely right, it would seem.

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/Uh_Yeah.mp3

[Kartographer]

What happen to: "More fun than a barrel of monkeys"

[Nervous Tick]

>> A British woman who went to a Thai nature resort to conquer her fear of monkeys... lost consciousness after the monkeys surrounded her and sank their teeth into her arms and body.

Don’t you just love it when a plan comes together?

[afraidfortherepublic]

That day some people were teasing the monkeys. They don't necessarily attack the specific person teasing them."

Convenient excuse!

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Reminds me of the scene in Batman Begins when Bruce Wayne goes into the den of bats.

[OB1kNOb]

A British woman who went to a Thai nature resort to conquer her fear of monkeys has been savaged by a pack of macaques.

EPIC FAIL ?

[shibumi]

Good thing she wasn't afraid of Hippos!

[BenLurkin]

http://www.johnspeedie.com/healy/monkeys.wav

[Richard Kimball]

Fear isn’t always a bad thing. Besides, how often do you run up on monkeys in your everyday life? If she had a phobia about sidewalks or something, yeah find a way to conquer it. However, I’ve found that my life is not diminished in any way by the absence of monkey encounters.

[Terry Mross]

Obviously a justified fear.

[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

Imagine while out for a stroll one comes upon a writhing, heaving mass-O-monkeys. It would be difficult to imagine what was under the pile!

[Nervous Tick]

>> Thai fishermen ran to the rescue after spotting more monkeys joining the assault and began prising them off.

Silly fisherman! It just doesn't seem like pissing the monkeys off is a wise thing to do when they're ALREADY pi... Huh? Oh. PRISing. Nevermind.

[SJSAMPLE]

A co-worker of mine just laughed and said,
"Well, at least it's not an irrational fear, anymore."

[MissTed]

I’m hoping PowerBall will help me overcome my fear of becoming a multi-millionaire tomorrow night. ;o)

[Cold Heart]

Now, for therapy, where she should have gone in the first place, is Africa, where she can shoot them.

[Retired Greyhound]

Why did she feel that her Monkey-phobia was limiting her and needed to be conquered?

They must have smelled her fear or thought she was stupid.

[MarineBrat]

I’m afraid of monkeys too. Except that my way of expressing that fear is that I don’t go to where monkeys freely roam. Sometimes you need to let your fears whisper into your ear.

[twhitak]

Isn’t it obvious that the monkeys were just trying to help her overcome her fear?

[silverleaf]

Macacas Gone Wild

[Jack Hydrazine]

Will dying in a plane crash help one overcome their fear of flying?

[Kartographer]

Must be liberal monkeys!

[Mac from Cleveland]

I have a fear of being stuck in an elevator with a bikini-clad Cindy Crawford overnight-maybe this type of therapy might work for me. Who can I talk to to see if I can confront my demons?

[gundog]

Problem solved. Now she has a rational fear of monkeys.

[Apparatchik]

Which one is the hippo?

[subterfuge]

I have a fear of heights, but you don’t see me walking a tight-rope over the Grand Canyon either.

But it’s typical liberal group-think. To wish and Hope to have no fears in life is an ideal of the left called Utopia. Hey stupid leftists, “Utopia” doesn’t exist and never will.

She is lucky she doesn’t quite qualify as a Darwin nominee.

Man, I’m on a role today!!

[TexasCajun]

[matt1234]

Too bad she wasn’t able to get the monkey off her back.

[adorno]

Will dying in a plane crash help one overcome their fear of flying?

When that happens, one loses fear of anything and everything.

[PGR88]

Given that the last time I saw a monkey was about 10 years ago, couldn’t we assume she could easily live with a fear of monkeys?

I’m afraid of Tigers, but thankfully, it hasn’t hindered my lifestyle.

[IrishCatholic]

Yea, the following is an approximation of her therapist talking to a colleague

“...well, that could have gone better.”

“Did you really tell her to surround herself with wild monkeys to conquer her fear?”

“I didn't think she would actually do it! Who does something like that? She must be nuts! I meant go to the zoo. What could happen there? Some poo thrown at the glass enclosure? Then you go watch the seal show and get a t shirt. Or get some stuffed animal monkeys, the plush kind. Who the hell goes to the jungle?”

“So what now? Think she will sue?”

“No, it's all golden. If she was phobic before, she really has got it now in spades. I'm going to schedule her for three times a week. How can her insurance complain about that? All she has to do is say “Look at the monkey bites!” She's good for two or three years on that...”

[RichInOC]

In Thailand...monkeys spank you.

[MissTed]

“I didn't think she would actually do it! Who does something like that? She must be nuts! I meant go to the zoo. What could happen there? Some poo thrown at the glass enclosure? Then you go watch the seal show and get a t shirt. Or get some stuffed animal monkeys, the plush kind. Who the hell goes to the jungle?”

Classic! I'm giggling like a fiend at this thread today. lol

[The_Victor]

Bangkok Phuket Hospital

Thai names crack me up.

[GladesGuru]

Call an African “Bush Meat” dealer - they know what to do with monkey problem situations.

[NonValueAdded]

Reminds me of a Kissinger quote

[TheThirdRuffian]

I am working on getting over my phobia of being sexually used by a team of gorgeous women in bikinis and fur boots. I wonder if the same tour guide who helped this woman could help me.

[hoe_cake]

Never back away from a monkey!

I would know. I pounce when folks back away from me, too.

[MissTed]

I don’t think you should risk it. ;o)

[TheThirdRuffian]

Mrs. TTR would be more dangerous than the Macaques. She has a gun.

[Never on my watch]

The same thing would happen to a homophobe who goes to San Francisco to over come his fear of gays.

[Monkey Face]

BWA-HA-HA-HA!!!

I love it!

[a fool in paradise]

A British woman who went to a Thai nature resort to conquer her fear of monkeys has been savaged by a pack of macaques. Dee Darwell, 56, lost consciousness after the monkeys surrounded her and sank their teeth into her arms and body.

[The_Victor]

For future reference.....

[hoe_cake]

keep it up, big boy.

[a fool in paradise]

Everybody's got something to hide except for me and my monkey.

See? John Lennon was willing to let the world know he had herpes, I mean hair peace. Follow the clues, man.

[a fool in paradise]

What happen to: "More fun than a barrel of monkeys"

What, did they stop making that game?

[Waverunner]

Proof of reincarnation?