The headline refers to the horrible story of Travis, a 200-pound chimp who had lived for years as a pet of a woman in Stamford, Connecticut until it freaked out attacked his owner's friend.
Sandy Herold says Travis attacked her friend, mauling the woman's face and damn near killing her, before she stabbed Travis repeatedly to get him to stop.
Police came and eventually shot and killed Travis.
Travis was well known around Stamford because he rode around in the truck belonging to Herold's towing company.
In 2003, a man threw something in Herold's truck that struck Travis. The chimp unbuckled his seatbelt, opened the door and ran out after the man, but did not catch him.
Travis took his own bath, ate at the table and drank wine from a stemmed glass. He also brushed his teeth using a Water Pik.
But maybe the one thing about Travis that should have foretold this incident, Travis loved the Yankees.
Aside from appearing in Coca Cola and Old Navy TV commercials, he appeared once on the "Maury Povich Show" and was in a TV pilot.
People should NOT have wild animals as pets. How many incidences like this have to happen? I hope the woman who was mauled sues the lady who "owned" the beast.
ReplyDeleteWow. You know that it's a serious topic when Scat leaves a comment. He never comments.
ReplyDeleteThis is a pretty lengthy article, but a very good/sad/scary read:
ReplyDeleteThe worst story I ever heard - from Esquire mag.
After reading it...I thought to my self "holy crap...that title may be entirely true....that really might be the worst story I ever heard"