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.
Posted on 06/18/2010 9:56:09 AM PDT by 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."
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I don’t think you should risk it. ;o)
Mrs. TTR would be more dangerous than the Macaques. She has a gun.
The same thing would happen to a homophobe who goes to San Francisco to over come his fear of gays.
BWA-HA-HA-HA!!!
I love it!
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.
For future reference..... 
keep it up, big boy.
See? John Lennon was willing to let the world know he had herpes, I mean hair peace. Follow the clues, man.
What, did they stop making that game?
Proof of reincarnation?
Thailand?
History is littered with the bodys of good intentions.
Isn’t it ironic, don’t you think?
Just because you’re paranoid, doesn’t mean they aren’t really out to go you.
LOL, so true.
“...I’m afraid of living under a Communist dictatorship. I see no point to electing avowed Marxists to conquer this upset....”
Unfortunately, that fear is very real and is something which we will see much more of.
Yeah but the cooking leaves something to be desired sometimes.
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