A Thai man was attacked by a troop of monkeys while he was urinating on the side of a road in Ranong, southern Thailand.
While he had stopped to relieve himself on the side of the road, a Thai man was attacked by monkeys and then fell from a 50-meter cliff.
A motorist who witnessed the scene quickly reported the attack to the Nasak police station.
The police called in a rescue team to retrieve the injured man at the foot of the dangerous cliff.
The victim, Manee Chitdutsadee, 44, is currently being treated for serious injuries sustained in the fall and macaque attack at a nearby hospital.
According to the rescuer, Pithak Jaidee, who spoke with the ThaiRath newspaper, Manee was in a deplorable state but was still able to recount the shocking incident to the rescue team.
The rescuer revealed that Manee took this route daily to get to work, without ever having any problems with the monkeys.
It was just an ordinary day when nature's call led him to a dangerous encounter with the monkeys.
As Manee was relieving himself on the side of the road, he was caught off guard when a pig-tailed macaque appeared out of nowhere and attacked him.
While trying to defend himself, Manee inadvertently tumbled down the dangerous cliff, where the hostile monkey and its group of companions relentlessly pursued their assault on the defenseless man.
Fortunately, a motorist intervened, scaring away the belligerent monkeys with well-aimed stones and paving the way for the rescue operation.
The road, surrounded by a dense forest, is known to be frequented by wild animals, including elephants, cows, and monkeys.
Prior to this incident, no one had ever been a victim of such an aggressive attack on this road.
Manee's condition remains stable, and the relevant authorities continue to monitor his recovery at Sawee Hospital in Ranong.
This unfortunate victim adds to the list of other victims of the mischief caused by the monkeys.
Last year, a Thai woman sought help from the authorities of Si Sagate National Park, in the northeast of the country, after a monkey stole her bag containing 50,000 bahts and threw it down a cliff.
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The authorities then discovered a multitude of objects stolen by these monkeys and thrown into the cliff.
In March of this year, an Australian family shared their own harrowing experience fighting against monkeys on a beach in Koh Phi Phi, in Krabi province.
They had to fight against aggressive monkeys to protect their children.
See: A family of tourists savagely attacked by monkeys in Thailand
See also:
Monkey gangs clash over ice cream in central Thailand
Monkeys loot homes in central Thailand due to flooding
The mystery of the disappearance of monkeys in Thailand solved, they are captured to be eaten
Source: The Thaiger
