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British woman attacked by monkeys near Phuket
In what must be described as a terribly unfortunate incident, a British woman was viciously attacked by a pack of monkeys while on a trip to conquer her long-standing fear of apes. The attack happened on Monkey Island, near Phi Phi Don, in the Andaman Sea off the holiday island of Phuket (pronounced poo-ket).
Dee Darwell, 56, from Peterborough lost consciousness as first one Macaque then another bit her and then she was surrounded be a whole pack. She collapsed with blood spurting from her arm and had to be rescued by Thai boatmen. Mrs Darwell does not remember how she was rescued, but was later told that the boat crew had prised the monkeys away.
After arriving on the beach, she decided to sit down and take in her surroundings.
'The next thing I noticed, this monkey walked up next to me and I thought, "Oh dear". I began to stand up to move away.
'Then, the monkey took my wrist and pounced on my right arm, sinking his teeth in and hung off it.
'He wouldn't let go; he was locked on. I was absolutely petrified. I was shaking from head to foot and I froze,' she said.
'There was one man, a tourist, and when he saw the monkey bite me, he screamed and ran of.
'Then another, bigger monkey bit my arm, just next to the other one biting me, and all of a sudden I was surrounded by monkeys.'
She said three or four of the creatures began attacking her from all sides, grabbing her arms, legs and rear end, leaving bruises all over her body.
'I thought, "This is it, I'm going to die, I'm going to be savaged by these monkeys," then I went into shock,' she said.
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