This is 57-year-old Charla Nash after being discharged from the hospital. The thing that did this to her was a famous animal actor, a chimpanzee called Travis, familiar from Coke commercials and such. He was owned by Nash's friend, Sandra Herold. On February 6, 2009 Travis, the usually friendly and intelligent, beloved house pet went berserk during Nash's visit, and attacked her. This is the recording of the 911 call Mrs. Herold made while the 14 years old, 91 kg. chimp was tearing his victim apart:
Losing her eyes, ears, nose, lips (Travis literally chewed her face to pieces) and both hands, Charla did survive the attack, and after seven hours of active surgery, the doctors were able to stabilize her condition. A few months later she had an experimental face implant surgery.
Not long after his rampage has begun, Travis was shot down by policemen. After autopsy and testing for rabies, his remains were cremated at All Pets Crematory in Stamford. His owner, Mrs. Herold has died in May 2010.
You know my blog, you know me. Countless times I've found myself sitting in front of a shitty creature feature, eco-horror or monster movie and laughing like an idiot at these kinds of things. But this real-life "incident" I've learned about only a few days ago, it was quite shocking to me. If Good Ol' Life, Fate, God Or Whatever did this to one of my friends, the people I like, that would be... well, let's say that I don't like to think about the possibility. At all. Don't be shy to appreciate your physical health, Dear Readers.The mind-stinging thing is, regardless of the causes and who was responsible, there was nothing overly unnatural about this freak accident. This is how life and death works. Humans and chimpanzees are over 94% genetically identical. We share a lot of their genes, so I guess it's not too surprising that they are the only creatures with behavior that can match our skilled viciousness and precise, may I say highly sophisticated killing techniques in the whole world.
A fucked up world, that is.
When you watch any kind of movie, that contains violence, gore, horror, etc., after "waking up" from the first shock (like my case with that pure shit Serbian Film), you are liable to laugh at those idiotic scenes, and stuff, because it's just a crap movie.
ReplyDeleteBut hell, if you think about, that if the writer of these stories got these ideas, then how many people can get them also. Just the conditions are different.
For example, I write a story about a poker game, where the bet is you own finger, arm, leg, etc. Someone once is sure thinkin' about the same, but not like a movie - he/she does it in the real life.
Human beings are the most sick and bizarre creatures of the evolution, and that's why this world is fuckin' frightful.
Sorry for the crap english, haven't written a word in like 3-4 months.