State of emergency declared in Japan...

[SevenStar]

...because there is a monkey on the loose. It has bitten 23 women over the past three days. anyone else heard about this?

[neptunesfall]

http://espn.go.com/outdoors/conservation/news/2002/1204/1471361.html

Monkey attacks 23 women in Japan
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Associated Press — Dec. 3, 2002
TOKYO — A rogue monkey believed to be searching for a mate has attacked 23 women in a northern Japan town, police said Tuesday, Dec. 3.

About a dozen police and 30 town officials were searching for the monkey, said Shigeru Arai, deputy chief of police in Suwa town, about 100 miles northwest of Tokyo.

The attacks began Monday, when the monkey bit 14 women as they put out garbage or left home for work, Arai said. Nine more women were attacked Tuesday, he said. Most of the victims were ages 50 to 80.

Most were bit on the legs, and had minor injuries.

The nearby town of Shimosuwa issued a warning to residents of the potential danger, and advised children to travel to school in groups.

Police armed with anesthetic guns, nets and cages poked around in bushes and shook trees on a hillside in their hunt for the animal.

Arai said that monkeys normally travel in groups _ but December through February is their mating season, "and they tend to act alone when looking for a mating partner."


he jus wants a lil sumpin sumpin is all...

[Ryu]

Can't that country ever have any real news?


:rolleyes:

[Cipher]

Originally posted by Ryu
Can't that country ever have any real news?


:rolleyes:

Really! LOL.

[Former castleva]

If that´s the worst they got,they just made me feel happy.

[Former castleva]

If that´s the worst they got,they just made me feel happy.
Ganbatte.

[Mr Punch]

Originally posted by SevenStar
...because there is a monkey on the loose. It has bitten 23 women over the past three days.


yeah, sorry about that... :o

[SevenStar]

Originally posted by Ryu
Can't that country ever have any real news?


:rolleyes:

lol, if that's real news, I'd love to live there - it's better than hearing about 3 murders everyday in my city.

[ewallace]

it's better than hearing about 3 murders everyday in my city.
Only 3? I'd love to live there. :)

I remember back in '94 when I came to san antonio with my dad to check the place out before we moved here. I believe it was some 42 people were murdered in chicago while I was gone. I was gone for 2 days. I think that weekend still holds the record.

[red5angel]

HEY! Maybe its a 150 ft tall monkey and they are putting out the call for Godzilla to come and save them? Does it say anything about this monkey being able to breathe fire or expel lightning out of selected orifices?!

[FatherDog]

Japanese citizens:

Please stay in your homes. Gamera, friend to all children, has been sighted en route to Japan, and our state of monkey emergency should soon be over.

That is all.

[SevenStar]

Originally posted by ewallace

Only 3? I'd love to live there. :)

I remember back in '94 when I came to san antonio with my dad to check the place out before we moved here. I believe it was some 42 people were murdered in chicago while I was gone. I was gone for 2 days. I think that weekend still holds the record.

Only? this year we were ranked as the most dangerous metro area in the country. we rank 11th for the most dangerous city

[Water Dragon]

Originally posted by SevenStar


Only? this year we were ranked as the most dangerous metro area in the country. we rank 11th for the most dangerous city

Only 11th? We always make at least the top 3

[SevenStar]

we do for certain categories - we're in the top three for rape and auto theft

[Water Dragon]

Only in Tennesee would a thief rape an auto :confused:

[ewallace]

Looks like Gary is #5 and Memphis #10 in 2001 according to the Morgan Quitno rankings. That just sums it up right there. Waterdragon and Sevenstar are just thugs who rape autos.

I was very suprised to see SA is #159. I thought it would be much higher in regards to crime/population ratio. We are the 2nd or third fatest city though. I guess folks are just too fat and lazy here to do much crime.

[red5angel]

EW who was the fatest city?

[SevenStar]

I think we are one of the fattest cities also. AND, we are number three on the list of states with the worst drivers...it's a beautiful city though - really....honest!

[SevenStar]

lol, most of my dad's side of the family is in either chicago or gary, and my mom's father robbed banks...

[ewallace]

Sevenstar is right. He lives in #1. That totally negates my too fat to commit crime theory.

[SevenStar]

sweet, at least we're not in the top 10 for fattest cities:

1. Houston, TX
2. Chicago, IL
3. Detroit, MI
4. Philadelphia, PA
5. Dallas, TX
6. Columbus, OH
7. San Antonio, TX
8. Fort Worth, TX
9. St. Louis, MO
10. Indianapolis, IN

we are 14

[ewallace]

according to CDC obesity rankings, San Antonio has dropped to number-two behind Memphis
Got that from the local news.

[ewallace]

Stop trying to deny it fat-ass!

[Felipe Bido]

That monkey is waiting to be spanked

[red5angel]

what are you fat a$$e$ doing in Texas!!!! Keeerist, it looks like 4 of the top 10!!!!!

I would have though Minneapolis or St. Paul would be on that list, people are huge around here.

EW how do you get away with saying things like **** or **** or ass without getting censored?!

[ewallace]

Ever seen the offensive line for the dallas cowboys? :)

It's because we have good mexican food here. :) And we can drink beer. Alot of beer. Why do you think there are so many pickup trucks here? They come with a built in garbage can that you can toss your bottles and cans into. And then the idea of sports is to sit on a ****ed-off bull for 45 seconds. Go figure.

[red5angel]

**** dude I wish I would have know you were in San Antonio a few months ago!!! I was down there for a week visiting my uncle!

Hey! they don't censor ass? how about *******, or ass****?

[SevenStar]

Originally posted by ewallace

Got that from the local news.

wtf? nah. what year did that come out? Actually, when I think about it, I may belive that. over the past 5 years or so, we've gone from less than 100,000 hispanics to almost 300,000 I hear. The food will do it to ya.

[Kristoffer]

LoL I see a bunch of really fat guys arguing over scrapes then killing everyone :D fat guys rocks..

[SevenStar]

http://www.newgomemphis.com/newgo/rememphis/census/032301/23hispan.htm

we now have three spanish circulars and a spanish yellow pages. My doctors office is all hispanic.

As for texas, you know the saying they have:

"everyone's bigger in texas"

[ewallace]

wtf? nah. what year did that come out?
That story came out today. Here is the link, although there isn't much more info. I looked around CDC's website and couldn't find anything.

http://www.woai.com/news/local/story.aspx?content_id=C3967338-06C1-4A82-9489-027B47905240

[SevenStar]

funny how it wasn't mentioned here...

[Stacey]

that monky only bites women? Sounds like a mysogenist. Better get a feminist organization to stone it to death.

Seriously though, I think a monkey culprit is pretty cool. I can see him dodging the law for about 6 months, biting random women in the subway and scuying off.

Its too bad they don't have the electric chair. I want to see them fry this monkey.

A monkey wearing a convict suit that is.


There just needs to be some kind of detourent so the other monkey's don't follow suit. We all know what happens then...Planet of the Apes. (the first one)


Whats his Japanese name? Does he have his own magna yet? How about his own cartoon?

[tnwingtsun]

When I was stationed in South Korea my monkey bit 24 women in 3 days!

[Kristoffer]

Paid alot of money for that huh? :D

[GunnedDownAtrocity]

i think its funny that people were arguing about who lives in the city with the most murderers.

it warms my heart actually.

[SevenStar]

We did it for you, man.