| MONKEY-MAN:¦ MYTH DEFLATED, RUMOURS GROW |
| 12:59 2001-06-20 The story of a mysterious ?monkey-man¦ allegedly terrorizing the residents of the Indian capital-s suburbs has attracted forensic psychiatrists. They have recently expressed their expert opinion. The psychiatrists, having talked to the alleged ?victims¦ of the ?monkey-man,¦ have come to an unequivocal conclusion that the monkey-man is a fruit of Delhi suburban residents- imagination. In reality, there is no such a monster in ape-s clothing or a gorilla-like extraterrestrial, or some earthly humanlike species unknown to science. In the meantime, rumours of the monkey-man keep on growing like a snowball. The ?epidemic¦ of attacks on sleeping people has spread onto other Indian districts. Police are besieged by phone calls from people claiming that they had seen a 'monkey-man' in their locality. Every morning news pours in that such a creature had injured several people with his iron claws. The rumours have kept people awake the whole night, keeping watch and firing shots in the air. |