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Anyone remember 'rock apes' in Vietnam? You be sittin' in yer perimeter dug out at night when rocks come flying into yer position. F.N.G. would come out of their skin thinking they were being attacked when all it was was some monkeys throwing sh!t at you!
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I guess I'm the only 'Nam vet who experienced such a thing!
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As far as the rock throwing goes it sounds much like the riots in this country.Last edited by Allen; 02-02-2023, 09:59.Comment
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Well, OK then!Comment
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I lost my first post, I'll try again. We never saw rock apes in the area of I Corp we operated in but we had plenty of ***k you lizards. Listen closely to this video. No offense to anyone.
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There is an explanation of 'vietnam rock apes' on U-tube. It is mostly concerned with possible 'big foot' sightings which I do not concur with!
I have heard of those lizards, but never saw or heard one.Last edited by Major Tom; 02-07-2023, 12:18.Comment
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Naked and afraid is a TV show. It is mostly staged as it has to be but some of it appears to be actual. On the shows a man and woman, unknown to each other are paired together in the woods, jungle, desert or where ever with no clothes and only a couple of essentials such as a knife and a pan to cook with.
On some of the shows the couple are kept awake all night by the screaming monkey's that surround them in the trees. As you can imagine, food of any kind is scarce and what little if any that the people have been able to accumulate is stolen by the monkey's during the night.
It's been mentioned on the show that in almost all countries, it is illegal for them to kill the monkey's.
The rock throwers reminded me of the rioters and the ones on this show. Not good for much.Comment
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Major Tom,
You got me thinking. I do not have any stories about Rock Apes, but I have a monkey story for you.
In the mid 70's I was on the island of Bali. We heard about this monkey temple up in the hills. So we rented some of those little Honda 50's scooters and made our way up.
Naturally of course being an organized guy I thought about how I could entice those monkeys out so we could get a picture of them.
So we loaded up our pockets with monkey treats, peanuts and such. Well you probably have seen a similar set-up, when we got to the monkey temple (it was to the left in the jungle a bit). To the right was a large clearing (gravel parking lot) with those typical stalls you see in the far east, selling whatever.
Well as soon as we pulled into the parking lot about a 100 monkeys came charging out of the jungle and jumped us. They climbed all over us pulling everything out of our pockets, keys, money and of course monkey treats.
You did not dare reach up and try to rescue anything, as soon as you did they snarled and bared their nasty pointy monkey teeth. They kept the treats and threw everything else down on the ground.
I don't think that this little xxxxer got off my shoulder for quire awhile, I see we are at the temple when the picture was taken.
Thanks Major Tom for reminding me.Comment
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One of my guys had a monkey he kept in our 'barracks'. Bad thing was, it was a female! The monkey went back to where ever monkeys go!
BTW, nice photo of you Ken!Last edited by Major Tom; 02-10-2023, 12:22.Comment
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+1 on the photo.
For what it's worth, I never liked monkey's, especially after watching their behavior in zoos and on TV. At zoo's they would sling their crap at you to the extent that they had to be kept behind glass or plexiglass. I've read where chimps kill and eat each other in the wild. Smaller monkey's are often aggressive--you never know what they are going to do. They may sit on your shoulder all day peacefully or they may decide to take a big bite off of your ear.
Give me a dog, cat, bird or fish but not a monkey.Comment
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Major Tom,
Don't recall monkeys but do recall the lizards.
We were in I-Corps by the sea.Comment
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