A 46-year-old hiker was chased by a monkey that was trying to snatch a bag of nuts the woman was holding. During the hiker’s attempted escape, the woman fell 20 meters into the Hong Kong reservoir and suffered injuries to her head, arms and legs.
The woman was hiking with a group through Shing Mun Country Park in Hong Kong. During the hike, a group of monkeys began pestering them for food. One of the monkeys then lunged at the hiker for the nuts, the chase ensued.
The country park is home to 2,100 monkeys. The number of monkeys has risen sharply mostly due to visitors feeding the monkeys.
In September, a 25-year-old woman was mugged by a monkey for a box of egg tarts.
Don’t feed the animals!
Read the story here.
Based on the title of this article, I wasn’t sure which was going to hurt the hiker the most. But then I read on and realized that the story was about a woman and her food….