The Story of Travis the Chimp | A Short Documentary | Fascinating Horror

"On the 16th of February 2009, at around 3:40pm an adult male chimpanzee named Travis, who had been kept as a beloved and pampered pet for many years, went berserk..."
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[@HeyitsBri_]

“To this day we are not sure why he attacked” Chimp: *downs a few Xanax with a glass of wine after a day of road rage* Also chimp: *is a chimp*

[@trickbottom]

So true

[@theoneandonly1158]

Dense mentality of some.

[@trickbottom]

@@luismendoza7069 what?

[@marieanderson7422]

OMGROFLMAO!!!!!!!

[@jae5278]

hes rec

[@juliamary1587]

If she felt like she had to give him drugs to calm him down, that was a red flag

[@coolkarla123]

I remember she went to a restaurant around there where my mom worked called silver star and this was after the incident. She was there before with him but when she sat alone we were all shook. I wanted to talk to her but my mom said that was probably a bad idea. Lol

[@juliamary1587]

@Make YE Great Again lmao true

[@CaitlynY4]

@Joh neey oop

[@mydogsmellslikeataco204]

I would LOVE to hold/play with a baby chimp but an adult chimp? meh...a lil sketchy. Adult chimps should not be pets in a setting like this. A sanctuary type place, yes. But a private home? hell no

[@BunnyRabbit_iris]

@Yes Sir! y'all are to soft on animals my God lol, brutality kills someone but wants it to live. Yall so crazy when it comes to animals lol

[@DraptorRonin]

The fact that Travis the chimp was able to be hit over the head with a shovel multiple times, stabbed by a butcher knife a few time, and shot at close-range several times BEFORE finally dying of blood loss goes to show that Chimpanzees really do have terrifying strength.

[@RacingSnails64]

Holy shit, that's crazy, what the hell. I mean if you see a picture of a hairless primate, you'll know they're INCREDIBLY muscular. But being shot and stabbed and not slowing down???? That's insane.

[@CEOofSleep]

Me af when I see red

[@nuclearmonster6601]

Well that's because he was on drugs at the time lmao.

[@nuclearmonster6601]

The commenter left out context, Travis was on drugs during the attack, that combined with adrenaline likely was why he was able to take that damage and no feel.the pain.

[@daustin8888]

​@@nuclearmonster6601 imagine a chimp addicted to meth

[@XBKLYN]

Frank Chiafari was the officer who shot Travis. He was denied PTSD compensation as the shooting victim was not human.

[@rochelleesser7961]

That’s disgusting! Poor man!

[@yunggatz6638]

how does one get trauma from killing an animal that wasn’t theirs, seems like police work isn’t cut out for him

[@XBKLYN]

@@yunggatz6638 would you be ok with killing your neighbor's dog?

[@rochelleesser7961]

@@yunggatz6638 Maybe not, but if you’re an extremely empathetic person for other living beings like I am, those kinds of things are very traumatic. It’s unfortunate that not everyone understands this though. It’s just as traumatic for an extreme empath as it would be for someone who is emotionally close or invested in the animal’s life.

[@yunggatz6638]

@@XBKLYN No, but it definitely wouldn’t traumatize me, especially if I had a valid reason to kill the dog.

[@GorillionDollars]

The fact that she was lacing his tea with Xanax makes me think this wasn't the first outburst and that she wasn't telling us everything.

[@candicewatson5508]

Xanax causes paradoxical aggression in humans. Anyone with a pharmacology background is unsurprised.

[@thatdudechris1239]

@@candicewatson5508 anyone with mild knowledge of drugs is unsurprised.

[@Rainkit]

@@candicewatson5508 To be fair, that's in humans as well. Humans have a different brain than chimps so the effect of an antidepressant could be different in them.

[@bonniehowell4259]

He had an outburst before. Years before there was an incident where he escaped and traffic had to be stopped.

[@pablodelsegundo9502]

Dude, Xanax turns me into a total asshole. No telling how it would affect a chimp.

[@cijmo]

"Travis had been a beloved pet and family member"... that she fed drugs, alcohol and pretty much denied he's an animal. She was buried next to Travis' remains...not her husband's?

[@glennt69lol]

She definitely banged the chimp

[@M2ofEMMM]

She was buried next to her husband with her daughter's and Travis's ash urns alongside her actually

[@glennt69lol]

@@annistar9693 in that case I'm considered a porn star to chimps 😂😂

[@your-hermajestyismypronoun7372]

@@glennt69lol Dude, really? That's just sick.

[@enterprisesystem8560]

@@your-hermajestyismypronoun7372 you act like a dick joke on the internet is the worst thing

[@shannont5049]

I listened to the entire 911 call (I don’t recommend it) and the most haunting part for me is when Sandra’s voice breaks again and she almost shouts, “he’s eating her! He’s eating her!” That’s not something that commonly spoken about regarding this incident, but maybe that’s for a good reason…

[@MrSteror]

He was going to eat her liver with a side of guava beans.

[@here2tr0ll]

⁠​⁠@@MrSteror guava bean😭😭😭😭

[@dugoabdulrauf1109]

​@@MrSteror😂

[@UzziHD]

@@MrSterorand a bottle of Chianti he actually drank wine that day

[@alicenelson3866]

Fava beans.

[@FlowKio]

You’re saying a chimpanzee, a species known for their brutality and cannibalism almost killed someone while on drugs? And the owner is surprised? What a loon

[@saifahmed7398]

Back then it wasn't known for brutality, in fact scientists have always believed they are sociable well-natured species. Even as late as in the 1970s, zoologists thought chimps are too far from violence and aggression. In 1974 the first chimp aggressive behaviour was spotted in Gombe zoo in Tanzania (they later called it Gombe Chimp War) when a pack of chimps divided into two groups after the death of the alpha male, then each group started killing, abducting, eating and torturing chimps from the other groups... Even at that time most zoologists didn't believe Dr. Goodall (she was a primate zoologist who first observed the violent nature in chimps) and most of those who believed it regarded it to be an abnormal behaviour triggered by Dr. Goodall's interference in their community at that time. Later a lot of observations were documented about chimps eating other chimps and even attacking humans and children, but Travis's attack was a cut-point to a lot of zoologists and scientists to finally believe chimps are violent.

[@HasnoRats]

​@@saifahmed7398damn even chimps out here having wars primates should cease to exist bruh T_T

[@memescoffee3173]

​@@saifahmed7398So like dolphins

[@mylamename14]

Can you imagine a huge chimp being able to use keys to get into a house? And open car doors? Terrifying.

[@devilbuster20xx37]

It was a matter of time untill ot learned to use our own weapons against us. Chimps are pure evil man. Edit: I did not say that humans are good,just that chimps are evil.

[@gamermonki2787]

@@devilbuster20xx37 I remember there was this one video (pretty popular I think) of a chimp using a gun after these.. soldiers? gave a gun to it

[@venus8368]

@@devilbuster20xx37 they’re not evil, humans take their land and try to keep them as pets away from their natural habitat, destroy their natural habitat and kill them every year but a few kill a few humans and they’re evil ? Okay bud

[@residentelect]

@@venus8368 Exactly. Animals don't have the capacity to be "evil". Sadly, the only sentient being capable of such is man, and it has been demonstrated time and time again.

[@nickbryant2318]

While on Xanax

[@OzMartinez]

“Why did the chimp attack? Some say it was a new haircut, others say it was THE FACT THAT THE CHIMP WAS ON XANAX.” Definitely the haircut 🙄

[@iaintafraidofnoghosts7135]

The owner had given him Xanax before this event, she just did not want to admit it. So I suppose the question should really be, why was *this* time different? Perhaps the owner gave him "too much" Xanax this day, or maybe there was another random contributing factor, like the Elmo toy thing or the new haircut theory. We may never know...

[@justnoah2073]

I would expect considering how intelligent the chimp is, that a new haircut wouldn't throw it off. I feel bad for both of them, more so the girl who lost her hands and face of course, but as the owner I couldn't ever imagine having to try and kill you own pet to save my friend.

[@iaintafraidofnoghosts7135]

@@justnoah2073 I love my pet more than words can express, but if it came down to it, I wouldn't hesitate to kill my pet if it meant saving my friend or family members life. Hell, even if my pet was trying to kill an innocent stranger, I would do the right thing and save the person if possible. With the exception of my pet attacking someone else out of self defense (or defending me), which of course would be very different and understandable. But other then that, people before pets, always.

[@justnoah2073]

@@iaintafraidofnoghosts7135 No I was saying I can't even imagine being in that situation. Of course I would try to stop my pet. However I would never own anything that would go bezerk like that in the first place.

[@iaintafraidofnoghosts7135]

@@justnoah2073 Right, most peoples pets are not this dangerous, thankfully. Many people do however own pitbulls, which are more than capable of doing similar damage, simply based on their strength alone. There have been many maulings and deaths of toddlers from pitbulls in multiple cities across the U.S.Those who own such breeds have a responsibility to be very careful with them around others, in particular small children. My brothers pitbull is very cute and sweet, but I would take that dog out in a second if necessary. I love the dog, but I also am aware of what he is capable of. It would seem the same cannot be said for this chimps owner...

[@veganvixenhelen]

I'm surprised it took Travis as long as it did to go berserk!! You CANNOT keep a wild animal in captivity and expect it to behave as you want it to. Giving him drugs, dressing him up and giving him unsuitable foods - it was an accident waiting to happen.. This dreadful tragedy could have been avoided if Travis had been left in the sanctuary. My heart goes out to Charla and her family

[@Gurra88]

If you search for baby monkey you'll find dozens of channels like that but with monkeys and not apes but it's similar

[@deathrager2404]

they kept him drugged at all times.

[@Lady_Flashheart40]

You have to be careful giving humans things like Xanax, or any kind of antipsychotic for that matter. I speak from personal experience about the paradoxical effects they can have (I never tried to harm anyone, but I did try to harm myself). That they were so clueless about drugging a muscle-bound wild animal, and likely not monitoring him well while he was on it, is frustrating.

[@therealshino4607]

That sanctuary was shady. Ton of chimps escaped and one got killed with a shotgun. I believe they were cool with separating babies from mama for pets

[@Saltboi1823]

It isn't because Chimps are evil or anything, they are just too intelligent to be a pet. Now, you can be FRIENDS with a chimp, but even then, you must respect their boundaries and understand that they are not your possession and you are not their master. They did not respect this, and paid the price.

[@lilianamartinez1272]

Dude, no wonder Travis snapped...he was being given anti-anxiety medicine for humans, while being treated like an entitled teen. Hope she recovers, how awful!

[@-rizen]

charla is still alive to this day thankfully

[@user-ii3cp7ot3s]

She’s never recover from this. The damage is done.

[@vero9348]

"Travis could dress himself and drink wine from a glass" I'm done 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

[@dorazlatar2553]

@Kyle Mortensen undoubtedly, but why give an animal clothes and alchohol? i personally highly discourage dressing of even tolerant pets like dogs unless its a coat/paw pads to keep the dog warm!

[@frustatedhooman9323]

@@dorazlatar2553 Could not agree more!

[@raquelrock9132]

i mean.... whats not to love! bit yeah it aint naturally right

[@camreyes1819]

Travis fancy as hell lmao

[@RockStar_Love]

Then they said they let him drive the car once or twice 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@linosundae]

"travis took sandras car keys and left the house" ... *what*

[@vitameat]

Chim-Chim was riding shotgun...

[@TheKonga88]

LMMFAO 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂🐵🐵🐒🐒🦍🦍🐵🐵😂😂

[@foureyes5398]

nobody : travis : aight imma head out

[@Sodasaman]

I was waiting for him to say he drove to the convenience store or something.

[@Z0Z33KY]

doesnt help they encouraged him to drive by previously letting him use the car. sucks the only person to blame in this situation are his owners. should have not kept a wild animal, even with no laws in place of preventing it- it's just common sense. there's no excuse for that families action. they knew better.

[@charliwilde]

Another sad thing about this is that Travis's biological mother also was gunned down for attacking humans in 2001. The 'sanctuary' Travis was born in was partly a business called 'Chimp Party' which hired chimps out for parties, film projects, etc. One day Travis's mother Susie escaped from her enclosure along with a few other chimps and attacked a group of young adults who were out with their dog. One man managed to get his gun and defended his dog and friends from Susie who was as intent on destruction as Travis years later. This man was given a one year jail sentence for destruction of property, despite the fact that not shooting the chimp would have resulted in someone being dead or mutilated. Chimps are not humans, they belong with other chimps and treating them like children is never good for them. Poor Travis, he was stuck with no other chimps, no mate, his adoptive father had died and he was still mourning him, he was on xanax and heavily overweight and unstimulated. Its good that Charla is doing better and is able to tell her story and testify to what happens to animals like Travis who get treated as human.

[@angelachouinard4581]

You answered a question I had. Everything I read said he came from a sanctuary. But this from your story was not a real sanctuary. No real sanctuary would sell a wild animal to a private owner, that's not how it works. This was a for profit business. That poor guy who went to jail, I can only imagine how he felt when someone told him about Charla and Travis, which I'm sure someone did. It just proved he did the right thing defending his friends and dog.

[@charliwilde]

@@angelachouinard4581 Exactly, this business seems to have pretended to be a sanctuary but was actually a for profit business for the most part. The young man who was jailed for shooting Susie actually missed the birth of his first child because he was in jail, which really sucks for him. Also sadly Susie barely got any time with Travis who was taken away from her when he was only days old and given to Sandra and Jerome. The poor creature was heavily drugged by workers in order to get her baby away from her, I can only imagine her waking up to discover he was gone and how often that happened at that 'sanctuary'. I realise that the Heralds really did love Travis like a child but they had to realise they had adopted a days old baby monkey who still needed to be nursing from his mother. Wild chimps often wean at around 4 years old, actual sanctuary's try to emulate that and provide as close to natural behaviour as is possible, Travis was obviously far far too young to be taken from his mother and the cruelty to both Travis and Susie should have been on their minds, that their dream of having a chimp meant a mother and baby were torn apart. That the two of them were killed for similar reasons and in the same way is tragic.

[@therealshino4607]

Wasn't the cops, but a teenage boy. The chimp and her friend escaped and attacked a dog and then started attacking a car with teens aside. One of the teens manages to escape, grabbed a shotgun and shot the chinp

[@LordTrashcanRulez]

​@@charliwildeThe guy that grabbed the gun (a shotgun) actually spent a month in jail, not a year

[@urbanfrog8466]

There is also the issue of his age, which no-one seems to have even considered. He was reaching adulthood, and the behavior (and particularly the aggression levels) of an adult male chimp is significantly different from that of a youngster. Add to that, that the previous lead male of the "troop" (his owner's husband) had passed, leaving him as the sole male in the "troop" which would pretty much automatically elevate his status to leader (now that he was becoming an adult), and thus also raise his aggression levels, something that was obviously becoming an issue as evidenced by the fact that that his owner was trying to medicate him for it. As with anything wild, they are cute, and often compliant, when young, but people forget that they grow up, and that adults are very different from juveniles. That their instincts will drive them them to become independent, and either strike out on their own, or to establish their place in their society, generally through aggression and confrontation.

[@DrJ-hx7wv]

This is one of the more informed comments on here.

[@Lady_Flashheart40]

She would have done herself, Travis, Suzy and Charla and her family a huge favor by just adopting a dog or cat from a reputable shelter. The pain of losing her husband and child must have been unbearable, but she ruined the lives of two innocent animals (as a commenter mentioned, when Travis was separated from his mother it drove Suzy the chimpanzee to despair, and they had to put her down) and her friend.

[@alfredocamba1995]

You're using logic & reasoning but I'm pretty sure these chicks were super dumb owning an adult chimp giving him zany xanys then rolling up on him with his favorite bright red toy

[@czerkitka141]

Dude everything that you wrote there is literally False. Read something about how hierarchy works in monkeys. This animal behaviour wasnt normal and it should have been put down a while ago.

[@ehfik]

exactly

[@picklefruitpie]

Hearing the 911 call with the woman screaming and the chimp screeching in the background is TERRIFYING

[@ABW941]

He said that the screams came from the chimpanze.

[@emmepi4945]

I’ve heard the full call on another channel years ago. Was really disturbing, i still have goosebumps thinking at it while i’m writing this comment

[@packpackcheesehead8613]

This story is in Fatal Attractions and I fell asleep with the show on and woke up at 2AM to the 911 call...FREAKED ME OUT!!

[@toyotaecw]

@@packpackcheesehead8613 Listen to the song ...And Then She Bled by Suicide Silence.

[@RyanMcIntyre]

And she never gave her location. As a 911 dispatcher, this troubles me greatly.

[@katywuste9054]

This monkey had reached sexual maturity and may have become territorial. He also might have been frustrated that he was an alpha adult male being treated like a child

[@gwilson4907]

Right! That makes sense

[@Seaglassandsage]

Absolutely, these owners treat these chips like a child when it is a powerful wild animal... not their little baby doll😣

[@billiewilson4135]

Alain Quartermaine especially since the other male “ in the house had died ..

[@karensowers48]

@Brandon Taylor damn

[@gwilson4907]

@Brandon Taylor A very bad idea

[@randyrobertson4686]

I live in Connecticut and I will never forget the day that incident occurred. They played the 911 tapes and even the women who was the owner of Travis was shouting in the background to shoot him. Even she was aware at that point that her beloved pet was still an extremely dangerous wild animal that regardless of the level of visual domestication he showed she knew he was dangerous. It was said that she was administering Xanax to him so she must have been aware of his elevated levels of risk and aggression. He literally tore that poor woman’s hands off of her wrists and chewed half her face off and tried to enter police cars as they drove up. Humans think that these wild animals can be tamed completely and are harmless, even when raised from a baby in the care of humans but that just doesn’t seem to be the case. When will we learn?

[@charlottesgirlfriend]

i just realized this was in ct where i live as well…

[@juanswanson4721]

My mom told me stories of this. She used to be friends with the owner and she even saw Travis in person.

[@MrJamaigar]

I'd never hang out with people crazy, or dumb enough to bring wild animals to their own house; even if they paid me. (There's a caracal named Pumba who lives with one of those morons. 🙄 they're not feeding him drugs, as far as we know...)

[@rafaelmunoz8482]

No way

[@_Garlic_Queen]

please tell us more!!

[@gotnokush]

Probally not a good idea to give a monkey Xanax

[@Emira_75]

Young Rager haha tbf anything other than a wild chimp is a messed up situation

[@heathen2487]

Ape.

[@smilefactory5872]

its like if you give a mouse a cookie. if you give a chimp a xanax

[@jessicaschoonmaker2073]

xanax and alcohol and treating like a human and overfeeding and locking up

[@leonaheraty3760]

I agree!

[@maddie8415]

The fact that the owner was giving him xanax laced tea to "calm him down" is all of a red flag that is needed here. Wild animals are wild animals, no matter how intelligent or charming they are.

[@rckism4198]

it was for sure the xanax imo, people do the strangest and sometimes most aggressive stuff on xanax that is completely out of their character and a lot of the time dont remember doing it. ive seen it personally, its not a chill pill for everyone. never forget that its a wild animal but i believe it could have been avoided without the xanax laced tea to, yeah, "calm him down."

[@gyroscope915]

@Lionel Hutz they ARE wild animals Phrase it how you want that's what they are. That doesn't mean they can't be smart. You have made connections in your own head that would animal is a bad thing. That it means savage and aggressive. Animals that we keep as pets have been Domesticated over huge amounts of time. Wild animals have not. That doesn't mean that can't be friendly or intelligent or loyal. But you should never confuse a wild animal with a pet or treat them the same Because they are not the same. A chimp is a wild animal and wild animals are dangerous

[@jasminemarie9968]

If they don’t grow up in the wild they are able to be groomed and raised differently

[@stevenconifer2676]

@Lionel Hutz Well, the chimp DID rip a woman's face off, no?

[@waterdrinker4839]

the xans was prescribed to treat a disease

[@jordanrodriguez4126]

I remember this story featured on Fatal Attractions, a series based on true stories about people who owned dangerous creatures as pets. The moral of the story is, “No matter how much you love these wild animals and want to keep them as pets. They are still wild animals.”

[@MrJamaigar]

Besides, "love" is like an alien concept to wild animals. They mate when they're in the mood, and then split: not much room for love, or attachment. Most wild animals can tolerate people, as long as you keep away from them, and out of their territory.

[@Darth_Insidious]

​@@MrJamaigar Many wild animals understand love. It's just that love often doesn't extend past the relationship between a parent and it's offspring, and then often only until that offspring has become an adult. So you can have a young animal become dependent on you and love you as it grows up, but it's not going to want that anymore when it becomes an adult.

[@jonnylopez5527]

Anyone else notice so many similarities with Jordan Peele's "NOPE"? Gordy/Travis having a similar backstory, being on a TV pilot, Travis knowing how to feed horses, knowing sign language, the Oprah interview with the lady (Oprah shot), the similarities even with the women both wearing veils, etc. Jordan Peele clearly took inspiration from this tragedy, kinda neat to see him make his own spin off not taming wild animals. Amazing.

[@C.Ralph.Quad.]

I noticed that when I watched NOPE as well ... But you pointed out more clues than I even knew about ...

[@notonfire7318]

Yeah and honestly that was terrifying to watch in the film. Jordan Peele did a good job

[@e11a222]

i was looking for this comment! literally so scary 😭

[@AJ-dx6bn]

Do you know there's a thing called "inspiration" ?

[@becca53444]

I’m sorry but chimpanzees are not meant to be pets. This was inevitable. And the owner should have NEVER let anyone else handle her chimp.

[@smassey6848]

One of my former neighbors asked if my daughter could help check on her dogs. My daughter at the time was 11. I would never allow my child to take care of the dogs as the little dog was a mean shit! The nerve of her to ask this!

[@YourSkyliner]

I don't think it's really a matter of chimps being "wild" animals or not. It's just that chimps are really powerful, so if something goes wrong you're in deep shit. Now this one never knew anything else than living with humans. He had never been a wild animal and was tame until that one fateful day. But how many people get mauled by dogs every year? Dogs that are otherwise nice and cute and you'd never expect them to do such a thing, but it happens. And dogs have been domesticated since thousands of years. I bet a lot of cats have those crazy episodes too, it's just we never hear about them because house cats physically can't kill humans. This stuff just happens with animals - and why wouldn't it? It happens with humans too! Not really a matter of domestication.

[@davidhollenshead4892]

@antwinettec People who live with their Lions wont enter the home were a chimpanze is kept in a cage, even if it has been castrated...

[@shimmershine6902]

YourSkyliner In essence: Dogs are domesticated pets that have been socializing with humans for thousands of years. They’ve been genetically modified over time for specific traits, by humans. Chimpanzees are fucking wild primates.

[@corralzin4909]

its not her fault it was bananas

[@orgoik]

I feel bad for this woman's friend. This "pet" should not have been her responsibility. Holy shit, what a thing to survive.

[@DiodeMom]

@ryan well, she at least is doing a service for humanity because of her experience with this. Telling people and showing them with examples like this is the best reason you could give for NOT owning apes as pets.

[@danielacarrera2492]

That “pet” should not be a pet in the first place

[@dessilou9738]

@@danielacarrera2492 it should be in a sanctuary or something with other chimps

[@Emmatriaaa]

@ryan Right? If I were to sustain that much injury to the point where the nurses who are trying to treat me have to go to counseling, I’d rather just die.

[@genericname8727]

@@Lou-fb9ii I understand why you’d feel that way but she obviously doesn’t. It’d obviously cause great trauma that would be difficult to live with, but there are many things in life people find that make it worth living despite the difficulties. It also sounds like she’s used this experience to spread awareness and protect others, so maybe that also gives her a sense of purpose and fulfilment. I’m just saying this because sometimes people project how they’d feel in a situation on to other people. It must be awful to survive something like that only to have people around you say “if it were me I wouldn’t want to live anymore”.

[@Paul20661]

here after the meatcanyon jojo siwa vid

[@Jade_West2010]

Same 💀

[@Hi-uk1cu]

Same

[@YeldkHehfhf]

Same 😂

[@ItzTillyBabez]

same

[@Herzfeld10]

Same

[@arm8636]

Meatcanyon anyone ?

[@xadxtya]

me fr

[@alex.g7317]

Who try is travis the chimp?

[@Jade_West2010]

Here

[@farriermaiden7289]

Same here lol

[@Cuurle]

Yep

[@annetteframpton8842]

Xanax, alcohol, and testosterone, never a good combination!!

[@spinetta0010]

You just described my Saturday night

[@danstennis1817]

...if I had a nickle...

[@emmettkasey1087]

TESTOSTERONE??? NO WONDER HE FREAKED OUT. she basically caused an overdose of male hormones which will definitely cause anger, aggression, etc. it’s like being a teenage boy x1million

[@icummins1806]

Every day

[@LeaflyLane]

Wow... Why are they saying "we wonder what made him flip" Lol REALLY NUMB NUTS!?😂

[@francescoferrero7550]

This looks like one of those "He was a normal boy" "Until he wasn't" serial killer tv shows.

[@larniieplayz6285]

Yeah

[@sekar_exe]

Yeah

[@GalaxColor]

Yeah

[@destree6348]

100%. All the signs were there, they just chose not to see them

[@francescoferrero7550]

Pov: Yeah

[@Audrey-di4tg]

if I had a chimp and he learned how to use keys and knew how to drive.... he's going to the local zoo.

[@eatmyshorts7973]

They taught him.

[@emilynightray]

I'd move away worrying that'd he escape and chase me down.

[@NinaZuccaro0824]

In this tragic case, there were two victims. Charla, who miraculously survived not without life changing injuries that took her entire face and eyesight. Travis, who would still be alive and well had selfish humans not pretended he was something was not. He should have been rehabilitated, living amongst others of his kind. Not dressed up like a doll and fed alcohol and drugs. He was afraid and confused. And his owner indirectly murdered him.

[@bapbaby4life503]

He was adopted from a sanctuary? I thought sanctuaries were meant to protect wild animals and that they discourage wild pet adoptions. That's strange.

[@sylviam6653]

Probably not a legit sanctuary, but a backyard breeding operation. Smh!

[@bapbaby4life503]

@@sylviam6653 yeah probably so, like a puppy mill.

[@bapbaby4life503]

@@Afmedic85 true

[@sylviam6653]

@@Afmedic85 While your point is correct, there are a lot of exploitive organizations masking themselves as sanctuaries, Big Cat Rescue really isn't a good example of a "bad" sanctuary. BCR is accredited by the Global Federation of Animal Sanctuaries. It's also a no-breed, no-kill, and no-touch sanctuary. They rescue their big cats from actual bad sanctuary, roadside zoos, backyard breeders, and private owners. If a sanctuary is EVER breeding and selling exotic animals, they are not a real, accredited sanctuary.

[@Afmedic85]

@@sylviam6653 BCR was just started by 2 rich people who wanted exotic pets. Neither Carol or her husband have any background in veterinary care or working with big cats

[@mysterylovescompany2657]

Are we seriously not going to talk about them giving him wine

[@ComaLies225]

They were clearly unprepared to raise a wild animal.

[@bearzdlc2172]

Who cares he was living the high life

[@vintaqe_vibez5978]

There's been a ton of comments about that.

[@Brainsore.]

We already are

[@luckystriker7489]

Wild chimps often get inebriated by eating fermented fruit - their hard partying is well documented. The biggest contributing factor here would be the drugs and the 'unnatural' environment.

[@terrismith5087]

Don't blame the chimp for being a animal.

[@justmechanicthings]

that behavior is not limited to animals

[@dgeneric7518]

Every so often, I become fascinated with this case all over. One of the theories is that Travis had reached the height of full male adulthood- they have major personality changes at that time, in the wild. Travis hit his male peak; he was acting in his chimp nature. Highly aggressive, territorial, unpredictable, and VERY strong. I felt bad for Travis.

[@Mknitfit]

I once held a baby chimp..he was about 4 years old. I'll never forget how solid its back was. It was like he was made of wood. I cant imagine being attacked by an adult.

[@user-pr1ft6gd6u]

For some reason this comment terrifies and disturbs me. To hold a baby creature should mean warmth and softeness........wood? Creepy!

[@Mknitfit]

@@user-pr1ft6gd6u Thats actually a perfect way to describe it. It was creepy. He was so much smaller than me yet he was WAY stronger. He just didnt know his power yet. These primates fall from very high heights..hit the ground and run off. They're freaks of nature.

[@user-pr1ft6gd6u]

@@Mknitfit I've never been a big fan of monkey, primate, or whatever they are. Just don't trust them

[@xxboonisbadfortnitexx1549]

Yep

[@Mknitfit]

@@user-pr1ft6gd6u And they attack your eyes..hands..and your braciole (if youre a man) Ive never heard of chimps attacking women's genitals.

[@chanimarie6753]

Moral of the story, leave the bloody animals in the wild where they belong ffs.

[@jitujitu9157]

But were would you leave World's most dangerous animal - Human??

[@BubbleChicken3350]

@FireKingOzaiTheImperial Goat humans are most definitely the most dangerous animals

[@ezbsac4245]

Bubble Chicken no tf we arent

[@TheRealFredbearPlush]

nope i will keep my tiny monke till the end of time

[@thedarkerknight2188]

@FireKingOzaiTheImperial Goat 95 percent chance of being killed by a wild animal? Dafuq? Do you live under power lines...?

[@CharlotteForbes]

I love your channel, and I’m so glad to be on it. You really did the story justice and I appreciate how you said that wild animals will always tame wild. Please, everyone, never ever try to tame an exotic pet.

[@alysonmcr7963]

This is the one that still gives me chills every time I listen to it. Fascinating Horror, indeed.

[@LSK2K]

Now I want to see a compilation of chimps getting shot.

[@RainWave13]

You forgot the most horrifying detail. Charla was very much awake and conscious throughout the attack and after. She has stated she never blacked out until she was in hospital. Imagine being completely awake the entire time- even attempting to communicate with the emergency personnel despite the fact she had lost her jaw and couldn’t speak. They had actually assumed her dead on arrival until they realized she was still moving and trying to speak to them.

[@angelvomit777]

Oh god I was just thinking to myself how this would probably be the best time to completely pass out from pain. I can’t imagine how long the time spent enduring the attack until the police arrived must have felt. The fact that she is still alive and speaking publicly about her experience is strength beyond anything I can imagine.

[@wyattpeterson6286]

I also heard she was so horrifically injured the medics couldn't tell if she was even a woman at first glance, if I remember correctly.

[@moistwrmonastring1017]

I would rather be dead by that point. Charla is a brave woman and I’m glad she’s alive, but I couldn’t see the light of day again knowing the pain of horror of that day would haunt me for the rest of my life… wow

[@CamoKKing]

@@moistwrmonastring1017 well it could’ve been avoided if she didn’t… you know… try to domesticate a primate. Play stupid games win stupid prizes

[@aronhw]

Xanax ….there it Is there!

[@petty.labelle]

"The reason for the attack will remain a mystery" "The chimp had a tea mixed with xanax" Where's the mystery?? 👀

[@GerardIrvine]

Not a good, case for xanax

[@JihadBunnydick]

Xanax chills you out. That's why it's a mystery

[@matthewpaine6908]

@@JihadBunnydick Yes and no. It can cause paranoid delusions in certain people. Everyone reacts to drugs differently.

[@vehemetipolygoniae2197]

@@matthewpaine6908 even worse when the "person" in question is a fucking chimp lmfao

[@reedman0780]

@@vehemetipolygoniae2197 moreso because of that, its a goddamn animal without much intelligence, yes they are intelligent, but they dont have morality and sense of whats right.

[@Weareupallnight2getchucky]

It’s crazy and tragic seeing that picture of younger Charla and Travis sitting on her shoulder, knowing what ended up happening :(

[@kaijupark]

"The chimp has killed my friend" "Whats the problem with your friend??"

[@cyberpegasus571fan]

Woman: HE’S RIPPED HER FACE OFF HE’S RIPPED HER FACE OFF HELP HE’S GONNA KILL HER! 911 Operator: what’s your favourite minecraft block

[@chuco915C]

Lmao right op was calm af

[@nymph3ttt]

😭😭😭

[@Kadddddddd]

Yes like tf😂😂😂🤦🏾‍♂️shit is wild "He's going to kill her!!!!" "What's he doing to your friend, I need to know "🤦🏾‍♂️

[@brandonmonson2147]

yeah that was annoying. You can clearly hear the chimp screaming in the background and the operator just saying "what's going on? clue me in on the tea". Like wtf, clearly some shit's going down

[@aidansheadache2142]

From my understanding it's because they have to keep the caller on the line, as well as they have to ask over and over to get the whole picture if there's legal stuff involved. But still, even knowing this, it's a little frustrating hearing her screaming for her life and the operator sounding so clueless lol.

[@lstealth]

The fact that they were already giving him Xanax and Wine, To calm him down, already sais that he was beggining to behave aggresive, and they were trying to subdue him, he just wanted to be free in the wilds, and the owners refused to let him go.

[@Aarticqn]

I am also very sure that Xanax and wine are not to be mixed.

[@JoeBob79569]

I doubt he wanted to be "free in the wilds" any more than you or I, since he had been born in captivity and probably didn't know what being free would have been like. I mean, maybe he _would_ have been happier in the wild, but he probably didn't even know that, which could have led to his frustration of knowing something just wasn't right as he matured.

[@jessicaervay2239]

She wrote a sanctuary after her husband died to take him but she never sent out the letter.

[@kaecat]

@@Aarticqn Very sure?

[@Aarticqn]

@@kaecat Yes. Like most psychotropic medicines and medicines in general they usually advise not to drink alcohol while taking it.

[@imogen2092]

Primates are not pets! This story is heartbreaking, for both Charla & and Travis. These are wild animals. It doesn’t matter how nice Travis behaved there is no way to predict how he would respond in certain situations.

[@Quarequieus]

I hope that secondates are at least pets.

[@emilyrose7484]

that call is so chilling, I literally have goosebumps

[@snootsy31]

could you imagine if xanax had to update their label: "DO NOT give to chimpanzees"

[@PaulThompsonGB]

Just wait it will come

[@marieanderson7422]

HOLY SHIT.......LMAO!!!!!! MY BAD FOR LAUGHING TO HARD!!!!!

[@kiradelport3926]

Much like ps5 having to warn people not to blow vape smoke into their consoles...

[@cameronsharp2297]

@@marieanderson7422 Nobody heard you. Now you just look like you want to be perceived a certain way.

[@killerqueenbiteszadusto1771]

Perc label: DO give to chimps

[@prince_yt3406]

“What’s the problem” “SHES KILLING MY FRIEND” “What’s your problem?”

[@MB-gl2bl]

I know, LOL!

[@kzcowboyfan]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@millerchassis6119]

I know how painful and frustrating dealing with people like that let alone in a emergency

[@MePatra]

WHATS THE PROBLEM

[@dreamon.4053]

HE’S*

[@michaeljobs5796]

Lady: "Help the chimp killed my friend!" 911 Operator: " What's wrong with your friend. I need to know!" 🤦🏻‍♂️

[@user-tv1xj5ji6x]

Hello Michael, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??

[@bigcamote1080]

You havevthe perfect voice for this, makes it more creepier.

[@__sm1441]

*demented chimp noises* “What’s the problem?” “The chimp killed my freind” “What’s the problem with your freind?”

[@theoriginalkrabbypatty]

You would thing the “chimp noises” would be a red flag but, yah know....

[@FAMOUS4EVER3000]

I before e

[@__sm1441]

@@FAMOUS4EVER3000 no

[@FAMOUS4EVER3000]

@@__sm1441 ok

[@Alexi-Raener93]

@@theoriginalkrabbypatty how often do you hear about a chimp going on a rampage

[@whatamidoingwithmylife4888]

“To this day we are not sure why travis attacked” Bro he was pumped with Xanax and wine, and you touched his tickle-me-Elmo, I’d be pretty pissed too

[@dezjones3308]

Tickle-me-Elmo is my new favourite phrase 😂😂😂😂

[@garnett_]

We learned to never take a chimp’s tickle me Elmo

[@Missviviann13]

@@dezjones3308 LMAOOOOO I busted out laughing 😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@Paul-os1fr]

If you are pumped with Xanax and wine it should be pretty hard even to remain upright, much less be pissed off.

[@daddypig.5796]

Nahhhhh you’re totally wrong it’s times like that, when I’m pumped full of drugs and wine, that I want my tickle me Elmo being touched.

[@pielmao1963]

to think I came here because of the Meat Canyon animation

[@l1mekid]

Same

[@TheSecretWorldRules]

Jojo Siwa did this. Terrible

[@Emy-fv5ny]

Same

[@k.mccandies1505]

I think about this story often. Not just chimps but coyotes, rabid dogs, bears, crazy people, etc. You never know what you might face walking out of the safety of your home😳.

[@caracalcontinuum3118]

I feel like it’s unfair that the friend got attacked instead of the animal’s dumb owner.

[@lizzieck2576]

Indeed.

[@monkeywkeys3916]

Algorithm deleted my similar comment.

[@pubbyd2262]

Nobody should of been attacked LOL

[@alexia8365]

@@pubbyd2262 Exactly!

[@KpopManiac4Life]

@@alexia8365 ikr

[@alexarias5717]

There needs to be more emphasis on the blame that Sandra has here. After her husband died it became practically impossible to keep the chimp. She didn't have the resources anymore and she was also depressed and lonely so she refused to put him in a sanctuary, somewhere he could actually belong and be well taken care of. Instead she used this animal like a crutch and probably drugged him many more times causing mental and physical harm to him. She made him into a ticking time bomb

[@obamacare6374]

She didn’t make him he was already a time bomb

[@alexarias5717]

@@obamacare6374 sure. If you also teach the ticking time bomb how to drive cars, unlock doors, give it mind altering drugs, alcohol, and deprive it of real animal interaction with it's own kind, then yeah. Chimps are already dangerous but this woman poured gas over the fire.

[@DaydreamAllday]

The fact that she thought she could subdue a wild animal is beyond me. Humans seem to be the only species that doesn't understand the natural order of things.

[@destinijarvis384]

@@obamacare6374 he was fine until people harmed him and she took him out of where he was safe so no imma go and blame her for making him hostile

[@obamacare6374]

@@destinijarvis384 they are hostile no matter what. They are not domesticated animals

[@joshwonkim0895]

Do a story about Tatiana the Tiger next!! She was bred in captivity at Denver Zoo and was aggressive twice in the final 2 years of her lifetime especially when the SFPD shot her dead on Christmas 2007 when she escaped her enclosure at San Francisco Zoo!!

[@isaacgracia3804]

There’s something she isn’t telling anyone, chimp was smart enough to drive learn ice cream schedule open doors with keys but didn’t tell hairstyles apart cmon, an what owner gives any kinda pet Xanax

[@UmatsuObossa]

Yeah I'd say it recognized her fine, but knew she was there to put him in a cage and lost his shit over it.

[@quinnmcbride9564]

I completely agree with you, it seems highly unlikely that he didn't recognize her and I don't know anything about chimps, but at the same time I'm so faceblind that a change in hairstyle or colour will render most people a stranger to me so *shrug*

[@UmatsuObossa]

@@quinnmcbride9564 So your aunt ties up her hair and suddenly you wouldn't know who she is? Please. Plus chimps also recognize smell and voice too.

[@quinnmcbride9564]

@@UmatsuObossa Actually yeah, I'm not that close to any of my aunts anyways, so I would have several panicked moments of "who is this person??" But like I said, I do think it absolutely would have recognized her, I'm just saying I could see how someone might think the chimp wouldn't recognize her, especially with substances in its system. That's not what I think, just a hypothetical view someone could have

[@gavinfarkas283]

Xanax is used to treat anxiety in pets. Friend has a dog that needs it during thunderstorms.

[@cakiekin]

to make this more lighthearted when i was younger i thought that if you had a pet monkey for long enough it would eventually evolve into a human

[@kyara.h8500]

😂😂😂

[@itwontcomeout5678]

Animorphs

[@357-swagnumultramagax9]

BLASPHEMY !! but cute

[@aralia8162]

Okay, this actually made me laugh. Thank you for the comic relief. I actually needed that

[@ashlovee7712]

Awwwww…. Hey I wanted a pet monkey in elementary after becoming obsessed with Curious George

[@OldMovieRob]

Never heard of this story before, but wow, that was terrifying

[@kapoblanka]

The chimp looks HORRYFIC idk how anyone can find them cute and consider it a good idea to hold it as a pet. Poor Charla... this story gives me chills

[@jerrytran9782]

Ikr. I have no idea how some people find monkey and pig cute

[@gamerkey8278]

"what triggered the attack will forever remain a mystery" *XANAX*

[@soxpeewee]

With wine and apparently she gave him other drugs

[@marztar]

no man... her friend tried to pull off a perm! Travis was like "bitch you did not just walk in here looking like Shirley Templestone and pick up my favourite toy...ARGHHGHGHGHGH!!!!!!!!"

[@thatonepersonthathasautism]

@@marztar 😂

[@PvPene]

Yeah, when I take xanax I get really manic and it severely affects your judgement

[@MichaelPhillips-jw4bj]

@@PvPene Benzo's reduce anxiety, when given to much. You have like zero fear. Seen so many people do crazy stuff all slobbered out on those things. Like stealing right in front of security guards. Like a foot a away with no attempt to hide it. The effects are quite similar to alcohol . Feeling down, laid back and not giving a crap. Go to jail for a petty crime recipe, That chimp for sure always surpressed violent urges built in him. Just out of love+training but the benzos cut him loose

[@thizlam4810]

*lady getting her eyes gouged out and face ripped off* 911 dispatch: “Ma’am stop yelling!”

[@strawberrymilkcartoons319]

Fr I wanted to cuss the dispatcher out

[@roxiep2010]

Yeah there's a lot of 911 dispatchers out there who really shouldn't have the jobs they have. I can't tell you how many times I've heard 911 call audio where the dispatcher is so clearly not listening just because the person on the other end is understandably panicking.

[@thizlam4810]

@Jacob King Lmao I’ve heard 911 dispatchers hang up on people who were being attacked, quit virtue signaling

[@Michael.Hunt.14-52]

Well yelling isn't helpful when you're trying to get information. There is a reason they tell you to stay calm

[@thizlam4810]

@@Michael.Hunt.14-52 Kinda hard to stay calm when your face is being ripped off.

[@lindavirgilio4225]

I worry about women who own dogs that are too big for them to physically control. Imagine having Travis the killer Chimp. Scary!

[@MADGUNSMONSTER]

I've also seen this as an issue.

[@user-tv1xj5ji6x]

Hello Linda, how are you doing today, hope you’re fine and safe from the COVID-19 virus??

[@christopherortiz9330]

Good choice of music. I can't sleep now

[@Tunamandraw]

fr

[@user-xr3il2my7m]

They hit puberty just like humans do and that’s when Males become increasingly aggressive, females also, because they want to mate. The fact they were drugging the chimp probably had the same effect as giving the hulk steroids hoping it calms him down.

[@lpl433]

Yes it was inhumane that they deprived him of his real life.

[@ingrid_inthesky]

That woman was bathing and sleeping with that chimp every single day, she said. What the FUCK. So, the chimp is horny and she's in the bath naked with it. I can't.

[@chucklebutt4470]

@@lpl433 Actually, the problem is the exact opposite of that. She was too humane to the chimp, ie treating him like a human.

[@spankg888]

Thats weird asf

[@user-hb6yd4nm3h]

@@ingrid_inthesky wtf

[@gatheringleaves]

I believe this story must have inspired the "Gordy's Home" scene from Nope. Absolutely horrific

[@MrBIRDBIG]

Yup

[@jjjlove2260]

I'm here specifically because of the movie

[@moistwrmonastring1017]

@@jjjlove2260 same here, man. Those scenes in the movie freaked me right tf out and reminded me of this case. Chimps have freaked me out since I heard about Travis as a kid, I was honestly happily surprised by seeing my fear exploited in the movies!

[@vinayak5159]

This is much more horrifying tho

[@cecivizz]

Yes I agree. Probably the most chilling part of the movie.

[@rewster7]

I remember hearing this story on the news back when it happened. It was shocking

[@paigeturner7788]

So the chimp was loaded on Xanax when he decided to eat a human face? Crazy. Another intriguing video as always. 😊

[@jup1ter.roblox]

It annoying how they keep asking what happend over and over like, it sounds like she needs help so GET THE ADDRESS AND GO!

[@FascinatingHorror]

Just one of many frustrating 911 calls I've come across while researching crazy crimes and incidents. Sometimes it feels like the weirdness of what's happening completely short circuits the urgency of the situation.

[@deei1919]

I'm sure they send help almost immediately, they just want to make everything clear, get more details and keep people on the phone. A situation like this is very unusual, imagine being an operator and someone calls and yells about a chimp clawing someone's face, at first you'd think they're on drugs or something.

[@bubblydoge7279]

I know right police need to get their act straight

[@petej7002]

The officers want to know what they are getting into. Otherwise they can be endangering themselves or others.

[@SkimBaller]

They have to know what they need to send and be prepared for, you need differnet differnt tyles of help from a chimp attack compared to a burglary, cops need to be informed people, keep calm is the best way to do this

[@Ddaff]

This is so extremely sad for her friend. In a matter of minutes, her life completely changed. I cant imagine the psychological effects, let alone all her hopes and dreams that shattered. Heartbreaking

[@sarahmarie1114]

she’s had such a beautifully positive outlook and mindset throughout it all. she’s doing so well

[@neilsarath9812]

Play with fire, get burnt. The victim in this story is the chimp.

[@yukey2587]

The owner had given the chimp medication, and it went kooky. Owner's fault, hands down.

[@mickeyd4012]

And then to be disfigured and blind. Feeck that!. I'd rather be dead. Just my opinion probably also because being blind is literally like my biggest fear...

[@addiemiller9677]

I can't imagine how the owner felt, just watching that and being able to do nothing. Your friend getting hurt but an animal you raised and loved. The media hating on you (admittedly she wasn't probley doing the right thing...) I just cant fathom the sociological implications of that for her. She saw them kill her baby, she saw her friend about to die... oh man. I feel so bad for the friend aswell, for not haveing done anything wrong and to be hurt like that... oh I cant imagine.

[@loonyhype9527]

Here from Meat Canyon’s Jojo vid

[@mademoisellee310]

The only absurd thing for me is allowing people to own wild animals as puppets. You can't tame a late pubescent chimp as you tame a poodle, they're freaking wildlife, not humans thing to play with. And for the stupidity of an ignorant and incapable person Travis had to be shot down. As a person who studied primatology and worked with primates I'm freaked out by the irresponsability of people who keep wild animals as pets, especially -like in this case- when they survived abuse

[@kkskilletfan66]

I can’t help blame the owner for all of this, she was so irresponsible it was ridiculous. All of that selfishness led to an innocent person going through horrific trauma and almost dying. It’s such a frustrating case.

[@wonderbread4323]

Charla didn’t deserve any of that, she is however alive and doing better now with a 4 million dollar settlement from the former chimp owner.

[@pmm4177]

So it's the owners fault? Everyone wants to treat animals like everything but, you never stopped to think that maybe the chimp just got sick of people? You ever get aggravated over little to nothing? Sure you may not attack anyone but these "pets" are animals, nothing more

[@mapleheart1379]

@@pmm4177 Still. The owner does take some blame. Travis was a male chimp (obviously) and male chimps are not only exotic, but also BEASTS. They’re aggressive and dangerous. The owner probably knew this but didn’t take any precautions as she raised Travis for so long despite him going into his animal instincts many times. But like you said, these “pets” are animals and always will be

[@pi11sburydoeboy]

@@pmm4177 she's 100% at fault. She shouldn't have had a chimp as a pet and if she didn't then this would have been avoided.

[@antwonnyy]

@@pmm4177 …. You say that while we know that she gave him drugs…

[@jeffreymurrayman]

"can cause anger, hallucinations, violent behavior, this may have contributed" so what I'm hearing is this is the farthest thing from a mystery

[@diogogomes9636]

No not really While yes it may have been the Xanax it wasn't really ever confirmed if it was what caused him to snap

[@donbrashsux]

I agree..wild animal..stupid humans ..again

[@honeydewuwu2055]

He also had wine...so they gave this guy alcohol.

[@notchback93]

I live in Connecticut I remember this very vividly being all over the news. Can’t help but think this inspired the Gordys home part in the film Nope

[@andrewdoiron7922]

I remember seeing a news report about this when it occurred. It was during a commercial break of a show where the news anchor just said "Was this chimp being fed Xanax? More at 11." It was so out of nowhere that I couldn't help but laugh at the randomness of it. I didn't realize until now just how horrifying the actual event was.

[@dirtymike3329]

Lmao

[@BLACKAAROW]

Can believe it already been over 12 years I was a freshman in high school and this happened just before my birthday too. Still remember the news coverage vividly

[@Andrea_k86]

I know😭

[@paulfrost8895]

@@BLACKAAROW Well after my time' only discovered this recently on the web' not been in the country in over 30 years.

[@snartshack]

Keeping a dangerous wild animal is insanely stupid and selfish. It shouldn't take a murder or an attack to realize that.

[@619G_]

Right

[@krystalmarie6511]

Than how tf would you know if they would attack 😭😭. Ik it shouldn’t happen but why tf would you be friends with someone who has a monkey who drives , drinks wine & also dressed him self . As hell naw I don’t think that’s smart

[@Aarticqn]

Agreed, I want a dog, but I'm not getting one that eats more than me, poops more than me, and can eat me. I am getting a lap dog.

[@drewpott]

@@krystalmarie6511 zhe gave the monkey a Xanax like 30 minutes before this

[@vortex_1336]

@@drewpott Exactly.

[@direct998]

They gave him xanax, wine, his own Corvette. ???? WTF!!!!

[@MrSuccess84]

“The reason for the attack may never be known. Meanwhile, “Travis was given Xanax laced tea” 🤔

[@bwktlcn]

If a human mother took a human child and raised it like a chimp, we’d expect the human child to end up quite insane; it would not be surprising if the child grew into adult strength and reacted in ways that were “wrong” in both human and chimp societies. The same principle holds true here. Travis was not allowed to be a chimp, form a family unit, and live as his instincts dictated. Instead, he was raised as if he was a human child, when he never could be a human. He was doomed the minute he was taken into their home. I feel sorry for the woman who was attacked, but Travis should have never been there to hurt her.

[@c.j.4180]

Look into feral children, it's similar to what you're saying and yup, same result. Chimps shouldn't be raised as children any more than children should be raised like chimps.

[@tommyjacks876]

My mom raised me to be like pet dog only liking me if I did as I was told

[@haileyshannon7548]

Michael Jackson’s Bubbles later went to live at a sanctuary after he got too old to manage. Ever hear about the race car driver who owned a chimpanzee, that story is even crazier?

[@tommyjacks876]

@@haileyshannon7548 could you tell it too me could he really drive I seen a horse drive a special made well it was a station wagon with the top removed an two pedals for it about as fast as a power wheels

[@nachgeben]

She gave him human drugs to help him sleep. That's why he went insane.

[@ziggaby4411]

Honestly that face transplant was a really good job. I expected it to look a lot worse.

[@lilifel]

She is blind now though

[@friendlyghosthost1830]

@@lilifel still, could’ve been worse!

[@Megan-xg4ui]

​@@Sinc3r3ly no the woman who was attacked was the neighbor. the owner/abuser was not injured at all

[@Sinc3r3ly]

@Cheyenne oh wait really?? Holy shut I’m sorry I got them mixed up she didn’t deserve it at all

[@Sinc3r3ly]

@@Megan-xg4ui thank you guys for telling me I got them mixed up

[@jefffiore7023]

Found this channel a week ago or so, and have been watching religiously. Pretty surprised to see this on here - one of my uncles lives a street or two over from where this happened in north Stamford; I remember hearing about it first cause of the suicide silence song that used the 911 call. I don’t think my uncle or his family knew these people or anything, but it is eerie visiting them knowing what happened like right there

[@ShinobiSora]

I remember years ago hearing about something like this happening down the street from me. My friends and I got attacked by a monkey in Japan, but we were lucky that they're small and the only thing that happened was that one girl tripped. I like animals too, but that's why you go to visit a santurary or zoo to see them. You don't bring them home. There's plenty of domesticated pets.

[@ladykaralynbatchelor8773]

i remember when Travis started creating scenes in public. they all thought it was cute. what MAY have been happening was that Travis was probably reaching that age when it's time to find a mate, testosterone levels rise and they become aggressive. it wasn't fair to keep Travis away from other Chimps. he should have been turned over to a sanctuary. i lay every bit of the blame on the owners. if they had truly loved him then how in the WORLD could they have thought that a life with humans, being the only one of his kind, be fair to him? they were selfish and only thinking of themselves, not Travis.

[@clowncrack333]

She gave him Xanax-

[@e.williams13]

They used him as their meal ticket smh

[@justinebourke2811]

Here here!

[@mysmirandam.6618]

Preach

[@spookshow6999]

They got him from a Sanctuary...

[@joncampos5551]

The lady who got attacked was just there to help out. Poor thing.

[@orgoik]

I know. I understand the points of view of the other comments here about how this was not the chimp's fault but this was REALLY note this woman's fault either. The amount of suffering she's probably experienced is too heartbreaking...

[@joncampos5551]

@Ana Xotwod It seems like most dont. Very few are able to avoid tragedies like this.

[@aliciaballesteros-mitchell1059]

@Ana Xotwod the woman who was attacked was not the owner of the chimp, she was a friend of the owner. Blame sandra, not travis or charla.

[@aliciaballesteros-mitchell1059]

@@hankhill1203 the woman who raised the chimp was not the one who was attacked. The friend of the owner was the one who was attacked. She didn't have anything to do with raising the chimp, she had just been called over to help because she had helped out in the past and the actual owner of the chimp was nearing her 70s and couldn't do it alone anymore.

[@rmsg7504]

Someone tells you to take a candle into the room dynamite is stored, you going to that? At some point we have to say "No!" when asked to do something that is b8llsh8t. I feel terrible for that lady, conversely at what point do you say "this isn't my job"? Good lesson for me at least, I tend to be too nice and have a hard time not helping when asked.

[@InquisitorBoomBoom]

Jojo Siwa????

[@xLuna_On_Pawsx]

DID YOU COME FROM MEATCANYONS VIDEO TOO??

[@Emy-fv5ny]

Yep, the animated video?

[@jaggedr0ck]

This is exactly where the saying "series of unfortunate events" comes from... i feel bad for everyone, even the animal in this story.

[@Thewavys0ul]

Jordan peele changed the story but in Nope it was horrific to see a chimp randomly just snap like that. Nobody should have wild exotic animals. Animals are animals and they will always have that instinct no matter how domesticated they are.

[@sk8mafia214]

Yup! Can’t tame a beast.

[@30khivetse21]

Oh it was absolutely terrifying. I now on have a newly developed fear of chimps and anything the resembles a human but isn't one.

[@fiabands]

@@30khivetse21 no reason to fear them unless u own one. But as a kid I was terrified of them after hearing of this

[@gabeanz123]

The scene with Gordy was one of the two scenes that was genuinely terrifying.

[@Bri-lk7re]

@@gabeanz123 That and the digestion scene

[@BAFFLing752]

We studied chimpanzees in an Anthropology class in college. One film we watched was by Jane Goodall. Adult chimpanzees are extremely dangerous. Never could understand why anyone would be allowed to keep them as a pet.

[@fabiotieri3155]

'cause Ammurika.

[@ehfik]

and so were humans, until beta group think overtook alpha behaviour.

[@hippaman2435]

It’s the bg music that gets ya, idk why, but it’s always the music in these kinda videos that freaks me out, the story too but it’s always the bg music first…

[@ynotdave]

Thanks!

[@ms.mittensmeowmeow7573]

Poor Charla. I cant imagine goin to bed one night whole and waking up to a nightmare the next day of missing your face, hands, and being blinded into total darkness for the rest of her life on top of that. What happened to her is horrific.

[@StratospheralNurse]

And the last thing you saw being a crazed angry chimp attacking you.... imagine the nightmares

[@IdratherbeinHobbiton]

@@StratospheralNurse that's exactly what I was thinking too

[@IdratherbeinHobbiton]

@PoliceManHat you're sick

[@ms.mittensmeowmeow7573]

@PoliceManHat wow I think your a sociopath, did you kill your pets as a child, you enjoy this kinda thing, I'm all for being reminded of my mortality but I sure in the fk dont enjoy it. I have seen killers who mimic your attitude on death row though in then Crimal shows on TV.

[@bloodyhell8201]

@PoliceManHat i bet you have lots of friends and that you always make yourself available to them

[@ryn9060]

"to this day, we are not sure why he attacked" *fed him xanax without a proper prescription so the dose was definitely wrong/just the wrong medication for him* really? you're really not sure? Edit: I want to note that I am not at all saying that chimps should be kept as pets or that they should be domesticated, as some of you appear to have taken from my comment

[@MsAngelPixie]

Me, me, me, pick me! I bet I know the answer to what happened 🤦‍♀️

[@shay1330]

@@MsAngelPixie huh? My projection meter is tingling

[@Opomax]

Pretty sure she fed him xanax for awhile, it wasn't just this one day when he went mad otherwise people would be more inclined to make that the narrative. Animals most often take the exact same drugs as humans, painkillers do the exact same thing, so do dissociatives, and anesthetics, pretty sure benzodiapines probably did calm Travis down, as they would any animal, sometimes drugs are not enough to medicate someone though, when it comes to a chimp which has superhuman strength, it just takes 1 minute of anger and aggression to cause severe results, whereas humans typically when angry never eat someone's face off.

[@ryn9060]

@@Opomax I am pretty certain it was not prescribed for him specifically, meaning it wouldn't of been the correct dose for his body weight nor for his brain chemistry. Also as someone who has taken benzos and antipsychs pretty much my entire life, even after years of taking something, you can develop adverse reactions over time and seemingly out of nowhere

[@jessicar4873]

Woman had a new hairdo & looked like a stranger, the chimp saw her holding his elmo doll and lost it

[@freyasangria]

I also wonder, why didn't Travis attack Sandra? She is his owner. He probably would've attacked Sandra but he was too busy attacking Charla. He tried to attack a cop but was shot and wounded. Sandra locked herself in her car and said she was worried that he would rip the doors of the car and kill her. So she pleaded with the police to kill him. But I think Travis definitely would've turned on Sandra if he got the chance. Sandra probably never considered that her so-called "son" would turn on her that way.

[@dster256]

it was bc travis was jealous felt betrayed

[@Drennababy]

Seeing this makes the “Gordy” parallel from Nope that much more haunting…

[@SR-mz8nn]

I honestly would rather die than live through that. Honestly, I just couldn’t deal with that. I also can’t believe she had to pay the medical bills for the attack.

[@rxsonance]

that’s american health care for you

[@stanknugget]

God Bless the USA.

[@reesealleman]

She did receive money from the lawsuit

[@TheBernardo2000]

Yeah ,the Travis should have payd

[@GalaxyEscliping]

yeah america sucks, atleast i live in texas where the houses dont cost you your entire family

[@brianmaysclogs4984]

Chimpanzees are honestly the scariest mf animals istg.

[@rotac1249]

@Don Quixote and gorillas are pretty clear when they are going to charge (not attack, charge. most of the time they will just run at you to scare you away. gorillas only attack if they have to.) they'll bang their chest, look directly at you, etc. chimps don't give a fuck they'll just rip you apart for fun

[@rmsg7504]

Killer wales are WAAAYYYY worse

[@Ashaimanidoll]

@@rmsg7504 how many times you run into a killer whale . People get chimps for pets a hell of lot more than killer whales. They’ll ofcourse more deadly but I think people don’t think about how dangerous chimps are this is great awareness to respect the wild. They aren’t tame for a reason

[@user-hm9uq8gk5x]

Awful to socialize with, pet or not

[@burritoboy1012]

@@rotac1249 yep, gorillas are bloody badass but also seem to have some sort of conscience, they don’t really want to hurt you; they just want you to go away. Chimps are relentless; they’re extremely intelligent and have no conscience, that’s a terrible combination