Thirsty Monkeys Stone Herdsman to Death

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Thirsty Monkeys Stone Herdsman to Death

NAIROBI (Reuters) -- A group of thirsty monkeys stoned a herdsman to death in drought-stricken northern Kenya as he watered his livestock, a newspaper reported Thursday.

"In a clear sign of worsening drought, a herdsman was killed after rioutous monkeys stoned pastoralists at a watering point in Wajir district," the East Africn Standard said.

A nurse in the district said the man died from severe head injuries. Herdsman in Wajir usually tend cows and camels.

http://news.excite.com/news/r/000224/09/odd-monkeys

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-- Squirrel Hunter (nuts@upina.cellrelaytower), February 25, 2000

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Planet of the Apes coming true?

-- CA 4x4 (4x4@my.house), February 25, 2000.

I keep looking for "The Onion" somewhere in the news header. You have GOT to be kidding me.

Watch six and keep your...

-- eyes_open (best@wishes.2all), February 25, 2000.


I saw this also at Drudge yesterday. I was afraid to post it here. Thought I might be flamed. Hehe.

-- canthappen (n@ysayer.com), February 25, 2000.

Mondeys are so dumb! They should of stoned the livestock, afterall they were the ones hoarding all the water.

-- Lucy (lifeisgoodhere@webtv.net), February 25, 2000.

I am the attorney for the monkeys, and my clients did not do this.

We are innocent

-- Dee (T1Colt556@aol.com), February 25, 2000.



Sounds more like a "clear sign of worsening" hallucinogenic use to me.

-- JB (noway@jose.com), February 25, 2000.

I don't believe this monkey business.

-- dinosaur (dinosaur@williams-net.com), February 25, 2000.

hey, hey, we're the monkeys.

people say we're monkeying around.

We're too busy singin'

to keep anybody down.

(kill them, kill them! ooo, ooo, aaahhh, ahhhhh, eeee, eeeee, aaaah, ahhh,)

Animals reign supreme!

-- (D@vy.Jones), February 25, 2000.


Could this be the work of the Squirrel King? :-)

-- Casper (c@no.yr), February 25, 2000.

Whoa. First monkey's stone a man to death in Nairobi, then a ferret bites a policeman on the penis in Australia (see http://hv.greenspun.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg.tcl?msg_id=002eiq). Coincidence? You make the call!

-- (RUOK@yesiam.com), February 25, 2000.


Seems like it was the Ferret first.... could the revolution be speading to the primate world? :-)

-- Casper (c@no.yr), February 25, 2000.

Squirrels, ferrets, monkeys....Something is definitely afoot.

Squirrel King, have you no influence outside of your realm? Demand an end to this, err... animal brutality! If this virus of bestial incivility spreads to the common house pets...WE'RE ALL DOOMED!

-- tim phronesia (phronesia@webtv.net), February 26, 2000.


"The Stoned Herdsmen", a fantastic grunge band.

-- (nemesis@awol.com), February 26, 2000.

The guy was probably overly critical of their novel.

-- liu (lookitup@dictionary.com), February 26, 2000.

Reminds me of the tabloid headline from Robert Stone's _Dog Soldiers_: Skydiver Devoured by Starving Birds.

pan

-- panjandrum (panjandrum@samfoote.net), February 27, 2000.



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