Aftermath of horrific chimp attack or Monkey See Monkey Murder

I would like to make some sarcastic jokes about this, maybe poking fun of the idiocy of owning a pet chimpanzee, but after watching this video I would feel like a douchebag, and rightly so. I am sure we all recall the incident several months ago involving the chimpanzee that went crazy and started attacking his owner. Charla Nash, the woman who suffered the most at the hands of the chimp recently went on Oprah to discuss life after the incident.

This poor woman was not even the owner of the chimp, but suffered tremendously because of her actions. Nash attempted to come to the aid of her friend Sandra Harold to whom the chimp was owned, but instead became the one needing saving. Travis, the name of the 200 lb adult chimp, had became enraged and confused after he was given the anti anxiety medication, xanex. Police were convinced that a bout with Lyme disease had caused the animals strange behavior and the medication exacerbated the problem.

When Herold called the police during the attack, she was convinced that Travis had killed Nash, her close friend and employee. When the police arrived, they shot the animal dead, only then to realize that Charla was still alive, if barely. Travis had torn off her jaw, ripped off her nose and bitten off most of her fingers. When she was rolled into the E.R. doctors found pieces of the chimps teeth and hair embedded in Nash’s bone. Charla does not remember anything from that night and has asked not to be reminded.

Currently Nash is completely blind as her eyes have been removed and she no longer has hands. Her face was horribly disfigured and she spends her days wandering through the hospital halls, wearing a veil in an attempt to keep from scaring the other patients. She has filed a $50 million dollar lawsuit against Harold, but Harold claims that, as the incident happened when Nash was employed with her, she is only entitled to workers compensation.

While she was a guest on Oprah, she stated that she was hoping to one day have face and hand transplant surgery.

I wish her the best of luck and find myself embarrassed at all of the complaints I lob ab0ut my own life, in the presence of this woman’s story.

The pictures below are of Charla before the incident and after, when she appeared on Oprah.

WARNING! These images and the following video are disturbing and may bother some readers. Continue at your own discretion.

Charla before the attack.

Charla after the incident