A monkey stole my plastic bag.

@Ayuriny (5144)

Denpasar, Indonesia

October 23, 2016 7:35pm CST

Today I go to Pulaki Temple with my school groups. It is a Hindu shrine located in the hill bank with beautiful beach just in front of the temple located in north part of Bali island. This temple is set on the flat land with stone hill bank as a back drop meanwhile the blue ocean is just in front of the temple. There are holy group of monkeys living around the temple. I was talking with some of my students, and didn't realize that some monkeys were spying us. All of a sudden, one of the monkey leapt and grabbed my plastic bag with flowers inside it. I was so shocked with that incident! That 'little thief' then jumped and climbed up the tree with the plastic bag. Can you find groups of monkeys in your place? Are you afraid of them?

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

24 Oct 16

That really was a cheeky monkey. We don't have them here, but one jumped on my head when we were in Gibraltar.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

Aw! It must give you a great shock! Why did it jump on your head? Did you bring any food with you? Perhaps it actually wanted to steal your food?

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@jaboUK (64361)

• United Kingdom

24 Oct 16

@Ayuriny I think it thought I had food. Here it is.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

@jaboUK Haha! You looked happy? Didn't you feel scared??

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@akalinus (40440)

• United States

24 Oct 16

We sometimes get escaped monkeys here in Florida but I have never personally seen one here. We had one on the run for four or five years. He was called the mystery monkey because no one knew where he came from. Authorities were chasing him and he would just run up another tree and swing through the trees and escape. They finally darted him and put him in a zoo with other monkeys.

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@akalinus (40440)

• United States

25 Oct 16

@Ayuriny It was a Rhesus monkey that escaped from someone who was keeping it. They were chasing it for about four years. It finally bit a lady in her yard. The authorities shot it with a tranquilizer dart. Now, he lives with other monkeys. I heard rumors that there is a certain girl monkey that has caught his fancy and they are monkeying around together. But, shhh! Don't tell anyone. That would be gossiping.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

25 Oct 16

@akalinus Haha! That's a funny rumor!

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

When you mention 'the mystery monkey', it makes me a bit shudder. Was the monkey different with the other monkeys kept in the zoo? Well, they might live somewhere in the forest near your place.

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@youless (112113)

• Guangzhou, China

24 Oct 16

We can only see the monkeys in the zoo. It is not possible for us to see any animals in usual besides cats, dogs and birds. When I travelled and hiked in Singapore, there was a warning for the travellers not to bring the plastic bags with them. At least they should not take them out. I saw one monkey robbed and stole a plastic bag of food from a traveller so quickly

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@youless (112113)

• Guangzhou, China

24 Oct 16

@Ayuriny Then you shall remember it well. When I had a meal in the hiking zoo restaurant in Singapore, sometimes I felt like eating secretly

I always put everything inside my bag and I carried it on my back all the time

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

@youless haha! It's very reasonable to do. When you're careless, the monkey could possibly rob your bag, and you wouldn't have any food to eat.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

Yes, and it hapenned to me too. The monkey robbed me.

. Here, there's no signs for the travellers not to bring any plastic bags.., and the incident occured.

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@infatuatedbby (95001)

• United States

24 Oct 16

Wow sneaky monkey, did you get your bag back from the money? No wild monkeys freely here.

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@infatuatedbby (95001)

• United States

24 Oct 16

@Ayuriny Aw! Yes you do need to be careful around the monkeys! So sneaky.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

@infatuatedbby Yes, I will. Thanks!

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

Nop! The sneaky monkey took it to the the tree. I have to be more careful here....

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@Happy2BeMe (99399)

• Canada

24 Oct 16

Lol that is funny but would be scary too. We don't have to worry about monkeys in our country.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

Yes! I was so shocked, but had no courage to scream. ...

There are no monkeys in your country? Or they are kept in an animal shelter?

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@Happy2BeMe (99399)

• Canada

24 Oct 16

@Ayuriny They are only at the zoos!

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

@Happy2BeMe Nice! No monkey will steal bag of the visitors'

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@princemaxp (2027)

• Bhubaneshwar, India

25 Oct 16

yes, our home is always visited by a group of monkeys.....

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

25 Oct 16

Why? Is your house near a temple or a forest? I thought monkeys live around a temple ..

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

25 Oct 16

@princemaxp What do they do when they come visiting your house? Do they make any noise or just pass through?

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@princemaxp (2027)

• Bhubaneshwar, India

25 Oct 16

@Ayuriny My house is near to forest....so the group just visit us from time to time....

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@PainsOnSlate (21854)

• Canada

24 Oct 16

I've only seen then behind bars in zoos. I would love to see them in the wild, and after reading this, I doubt I would carry anything..Were you afraid or just startled?

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

Both afraid and startled for a while because it happened very quick and unpredictably. Yes, better be careful when carrying anything when visiting certain place where groups of monkeys exist. You know, monkey is a naughty wild animal.

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@Iam_jauntyjen (4951)

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24 Oct 16

Monkeys are really naughty. I haven't had any close encounter with a monkey.I have seen one in school and one in the neighborhood but i never got to interact with them.

@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

That's true. They are indeed very naughty. How came you saw a monkey in school?

@franxav (13603)

• India

24 Oct 16

A few black-faced, long-tailed monkeys regularly visit our village. As Hindus respect them because of their resemblance with the god Hanuman they are not driven away.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

Exactly. Here we respect the monkeys as descendants of Lord Hanuman's troops. Therefore, anyone of us may not disturb or hurt them.

s sivasubrahmanyam

@shivamani10 (11038)

• Hyderabad, India

24 Oct 16

I had this experience many times. Whenever I visit a temple I will be a little bit careful about the monkey.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

Yeah, they like to confiscate the visitors. Here we can do nothing as we are not allowed to hurt them.

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@ms1864 (6886)

• Bangalore, India

24 Oct 16

Yes i have come across monkeys like that in my childhood...we were visiting a similar temple and a monkey stole my soft drink...my parents have pictures of the monkey taking my drink away and another picture after that of me crying.

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

Haha! That's super funny. More over in the mean time, your parents successfully captured the moments with their camera.

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@amitkokiladitya (171936)

• Agra, India

24 Oct 16

Ohh god...good that you are safe.... I simply hate monkeys

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@Ayuriny (5144)

• Denpasar, Indonesia

24 Oct 16

Thanks. No, I don't think he would attack me. He's just curious with my plastic bag. ...Lol

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