Monkey stole glasses of my son
@Professor2010 (20162)
India
October 14, 2010 5:29am CST
Hi friends, last month I was in Vrindavan, a pilgrimage place in India, with my wife, sons and their family on a pilgrimage trip.
This place have many monkeys, they are supposed to be holy. People feed them. Some of them are really naughty; I saw one smoking cigarette thrown by somebody. The local people are very friendly, they told us to remove the glasses, if possible and hide the hand bag etc while on the streets.
While we were taking a round at Sri Radha Damodar temple, a monkey suddenly snatched the glasses from my son’s face. We were told, sometimes the monkeys will accept bribes in the form of bananas or other foodstuffs to return the stolen goods, and sometimes they will accept the bribe and then not return what they have stolen.
We tried offering banana first but failed. Next one man came, he had cooked rice in a polythene bag, he lured the monkey, and the monkey came down from the stair-case of a house under construction, where he was sitting, threw the glasses and took away the rice bag. SEE PICTURE
He had chewed the side bars of the glasses, but the front frame with glass was intact. We had to replace the frame in a nearby spectacle shop.
It was learnt that, the rice sellers and spectacle shop do good business due to the monkey here.
What about your place, any such story to share?
Professor
This place have many monkeys, they are supposed to be holy. People feed them. Some of them are really naughty; I saw one smoking cigarette thrown by somebody. The local people are very friendly, they told us to remove the glasses, if possible and hide the hand bag etc while on the streets.
While we were taking a round at Sri Radha Damodar temple, a monkey suddenly snatched the glasses from my son’s face. We were told, sometimes the monkeys will accept bribes in the form of bananas or other foodstuffs to return the stolen goods, and sometimes they will accept the bribe and then not return what they have stolen.
We tried offering banana first but failed. Next one man came, he had cooked rice in a polythene bag, he lured the monkey, and the monkey came down from the stair-case of a house under construction, where he was sitting, threw the glasses and took away the rice bag. SEE PICTURE
He had chewed the side bars of the glasses, but the front frame with glass was intact. We had to replace the frame in a nearby spectacle shop.
It was learnt that, the rice sellers and spectacle shop do good business due to the monkey here.
What about your place, any such story to share?
Professor5 people like this
15 responses
@salonga (27775)
• Philippines
15 Oct 10
I find these monkeys not funny at all. In Subic, Zambales, Philippines, the monkeys were acting same way as you described so that authorities have been watching them. They would rob, beg and do all kinds of notorious activities. I don't think just because they are animals, they should be exempted from the law. Robbing has always been crime whoever commits it.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
I agree with your opinion, but does the government punish the monkeys?
Thank you so much for telling about your place.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@goldeneagle (6745)
• United States
16 Oct 10
Now don't blame the monkey for stealing those glasses...he needed them to read to newspaper so he could keep up with all the latest monkey business LOL
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@goldeneagle (6745)
• United States
4 Dec 10
That was the first thing that popped into my head when I read your post. I thought it was pretty funny for something I came up with on the spur of the moment. LOL
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
Very nice friend
Thanks.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@dawnald (85146)
• Shingle Springs, California
25 Oct 10
No monkeys here, stealing glasses or otherwise. But I do have a cat who steals socks. I do the laundry and roll up the socks into balls, and if the laundry doesn't get put away right away, he will pick up the sock rolls in his mouth and play with them.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
Thank you so much for sharing your story dawn.Cats were always bad for me as i have said in my discussion.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@dorannmwin (36392)
• United States
16 Oct 10
Well, we don't have wild monkeys here so that is something that I've never experienced. However, the first time that we took Kathryn to the zoo, there was an orangutan that really wanted everyone's handbags. He was behind class in his habitat, but he kept pointing to the things that he wanted and then he would shove a little piece of stick through a open corner of the glass like he was telling us to put the items through the little hole.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
Orangutans are equally nauty, one in Kolkata zoo snached my hand bag in 1973 if i remember right lol
Thanks for sharing your experience.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@rocket2020 (524)
• India
16 Oct 10
Hi Professor,
Its really nice to know that you and your family made a visit to the Vrindavan,and the remaining part of the small story is very natural and therefore I can relate it to me practically even though I haven't visited the place,but being Indian it runs through our vain.
for the sake of entertainment,when I was a small kid I do not remember but have heard it from my parents,that being the naughty one I was been slapped by one of the monkey which were always present at that locality.
Happy mylotting,With VrindavanBashi
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
You are right rocket
I have seen the black faced monkey slapping guys who show teeth to him, no wonder you got your share LOL
Thank you so much for sharing.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@jennyze (7028)
• Indonesia
15 Oct 10
This happens in Bali, too. Bali has several monkey forests that are now becoming tourists attraction. However, the monkeys are becoming naughty because of the many visits of people. They took glasses, earrings, necklace, hat, anything that they bargain for foods. Sad fact.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
Yes this is common in tourist spots mostly..
Thanks for sharing.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
15 Oct 10
I am not sure that I would visit that place. I would not be able to see if I took my glasses off, but I could not handle the attack of the monkeys. It does not sound like a good day at all.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
Thank you so much for sharing your opinion friend.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
15 Oct 10
I am not sure that I would visit that place. I would not be able to see if I took my glasses off, but I could not handle the attack of the monkeys. It does not sound like a good day at all.
@zandi458 (28102)
• Malaysia
14 Oct 10
Don't monkey around with the monkeys. They are daylight robberies that have gained immunity with the laws of the land. We have a popular 'orangutan'(a close relative of the monkeys) sanctuary here that attracts a lot of tourists coming to take their photographs. Though there is a big signboard at the entrance to warn tourists to be careful with their belongings but sometimes these jungle beasts are cunning and they know how to play their monkey tricks to rob people of their cameras or handphones. Once they got hold of the stuffs they will quickly run to the jungle. No amount of coaxing will lure them back to return the stolen properties.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
So this happens in your place too, i thought it was only in india..
Thank you so much for response.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
The left glass was damaged partially..
Thank you so much for response.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
14 Oct 10
hi professor I was just remembering something that happened
years back. We were in this large pet chop looking for a pure
bred dog. They had monkeys there in cages but this one
got loose, dashed past me and gra bbed my glasses. he then
proceeded to climb up a telephone pole and sat up there.
oh he threw my glasses down oh myG. Of course from that
height when they hit the pavement the glass shattered. so
I was out a pair of glasses but the pet shop manager insisted
on reimbursing me for my lost glasses.Actually I had to explain
to him that my hmo paid for all of the glasses but a 25
dollar copay. He instead made me take enough money to
go to his own optometrist and get fitted and get the style and all I wanted and I felt really bad. As like I told him my insurance had
paid all but the 25 dollars for the frame I picked out. He knew that it would take quite qhile to put in a request to replace these and also I might be denied the request as on an hmo you can only get new glasses every three years.
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
So this was another sad incident with you, but happy to know that he was ready to bear the cost atleast..
Thank you so much for sharing.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@tigeraunt (6326)
• Philippines
14 Oct 10
dear professor,
that was a funny experience but also annoying for your son who had to bribe the monkey. 
here animals are supposed to be not allowed on streets and near parks where people pass. if there are animals around, they are caged and people are not allowed to touch not feed them. (although i see a lot of stray dogs. iwwwwwwwwww!)i hope the government does something about it.
ann
here animals are supposed to be not allowed on streets and near parks where people pass. if there are animals around, they are caged and people are not allowed to touch not feed them. (although i see a lot of stray dogs. iwwwwwwwwww!)i hope the government does something about it.
ann
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@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
Anny dear, i agree it was funnny but certainly sad experience, govt officers are aware of this but helpless to do any thing, monkeys are supposed to be holy, they had helped God Rama as per our epic Ramayan..
Thank you so much for response.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@AjaySinghBaghel (5506)
• India
14 Oct 10
This is something similar what happend to my friend in Lonavala near Pune. We were 3 families together to spend some good time at Lonavala and when we were entering a park, there were number of monkeys on the boundry wall of the park. My friend's wife was entering with some eatables and the moment she was at the gate, one monkey came close to her and she had to throw everything she had in hand.
I will have to say one thing that monkey did not harm anyone in the crowd, they just need something to eat. I saw many peoples offering eatables to them and all the monkeys getting things to eat were polite enough to catch and go.
@Professor2010 (20162)
• India
3 Dec 10
Most of the monkeys are good, polite, but few are naughty, particularly those in tourist spots and pilgrimage places, an i think it is we who make them nauty..
Thank you so much for detailed response Ajay.
Professor ‘Bhuwan’. . Cheers have a lucky day ahead.
God bless you. Welcome always.
@cacay1 (83577)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
16 Jun 16
Very naughty monkeys . I do not like monkeys they do monkey business
hehehe.
hehehe. @GardenGerty (160883)
• United States
15 Oct 10
I am not sure that I would visit that place. I would not be able to see if I took my glasses off, but I could not handle the attack of the monkeys. It does not sound like a good day at all.
