In between favorites like WWII documentaries, Modern Marvels, and Gangland, the History channel occasionally dabbles in supernatural themed programming. Normally, shows like Monster Quest make me change the channel about as fast as Designing Women. This time however, History will be taking on one of the more colorful incidents of desi-themed hysteria in recent times - no, not Sanjaya but close, the New Delhi Monkey Man -
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Engrained in the history and mythology of India are tales of a ferocious creature, half-man, half-ape. It has been dubbed the monkey-man and headlines across the world have told of the vicious nocturnal attacks that occurred in India's capital, New Delhi. The city's population was gripped with fear of a violent creature described by eyewitnesses as having sharp claws, fangs and dark hair. After three people died and dozens were hospitalized fleeing the creature, 3,000 police officers were tasked with capturing the animal, but came up empty handed... Wednesday, June 10 09:00 PM |
Should be interesting... Razib pointed out the wikipedia entry for the Monkey Man including some tragic cases of mistaken identity -
A four foot tall wandering Hindu sadhu was beaten up by an angry mob who mistook him for the Monkey Man.
On May 18, a van driver was set upon and sustained multiple fractures in another case of mistaken identification as Monkey
To prevent future cases of this ilk, Delhi Police have provided this helpful sketch so you can ID the real Monkey Man should you ever run into him -
