Wednesday, March 18, 2009

Wacky Wednesday: Woman Mistaken for Monkey

Man mistakes woman for a monkey, shoots her
Malaysian police say victim was picking fruit in neighbor's tree

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Police said a man shot his neighbor, mistaking her for a monkey as she was picking sapodilla fruit in his tree.
Yahaya Othman, police chief in eastern Pahang state, said the woman was gathering fruit Thursday when her neighbor shot her.
The man came home and saw rustling in the tree and fired into it, Yahaya said. "Then there was screaming ... and only then did he know it was his neighbor."

1 comment:

sheilabythebeach said...

Welcome to the Wild, Wild, West - er, make that Malaysia where women are mistaken for monkeys.
Thanks for that Wacky Wednesday tidbit!