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[dee_aar2]

May 2001 - New papers and media is abuzz with frenzied reports of the appearance of a strange monkey-like creature that was appearing at night and attacking people in the capital city Delhi. Eyewitness accounts were inconsistent but tended to describe the creature as about four feet tall,covered in thick black hair, with a metal helmet, metal claws

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[eternal_ot]

'Bansilal inspite of his stupor stretches from the stretcher he is being carried on to seek the blessings of the 'holy cow mother'. He survives.' - I laughed out loud here. You captured it really well..Great read..and brought back memories when the Monkey Man was a terror and news readers went berserk..:D
Enjoyed this..well written!!

[reckless_blues]

I like how busy this is. It's hard to really get across things like this, people reacting to things both as individuals and as a society, but this really works - there's so much going on here but each individual perspective makes sense and it isn't cluttered and it doesn't jump around.

[halfshellvenus]

no one had actually 'seen' the monkey man. Not even the so-called victims.
Doesn't this just figure? Sounds like encounters with "Bigfoot" over here in the States.

This was an engaging setting and recounting of a unique urban legend. :)

[sinnamongirl]

Good take on the prompts! I like the mix of 'slice of life' and 'slightly bizarre'. Good job!

[rayaso]

I really enjoyed this, especially that it was inspired by the "real" reports of Kala Bandar attacks. It was fun to read the havoc caused by the rumors about Kala Bandar.