No Touch Monkey!

A diapered monkey allegedly bit a young woman on the thumb early
today outside a State Street bar.

The small black and white monkey, 12 to 18 inches tall with a long
tail, bit the woman around 1 a.m. in front of State Street Brats,
then ran off, police said. At noon today, police spokesman Joel
DeSpain said the monkey was still on the lam.

"This guy was in the beer garden at State Street Brats letting women
pet his monkey," DeSpain said, adding that when the 20-year-old
victim attempted to do so, it bit her.

She suffered four puncture marks to her thumb, two on the top and two
on the bottom.

Police today were able to contact the monkey's owner, who lives in a
second-story State Street apartment. DeSpain said animal control
officers were being called in to quarantine the monkey for
observation to make sure it is not diseased.

Labels: NTM

# posted by Cap'n Marrrrk : 5:56 PM