The Wild Rover
04-28-06, 01:19 AM
This letter came to me from a friend, and I have deleted names. This really happened to a couple of expat Americans the other day in Sierra Leone, as after I received the e-mail, I saw it on CNN.:wtf
Be careful when you are a tourist, always be vigil... I would like to know if there is anyone that might be intersted in finding out if the guys are ok, or if their family might need a donation to help them through a difficult time.
"3 Americans got 2 locals to take them out to the monkey preserve, which has been an attraction for our guys. 2 of the men were from SXXXXXXX, and one was a CXXXXXX employee. One of the locals, the man who was killed, was the bus driver who picked up all of our people staying in hotels in town. He was a very nice young man who everyone liked, and was taking the Americans as a favor on his day off.
We understand that the people in the preserve haven’t fed the animals in a long time and the animals are very mean now. When the Chimpanzee, a very large one, attacked he first went for the young Caddell driver, injuring him severely, (The chimp ripped his face off), and then attacked the second local man, biting off his hand. GXXX physically jumped on the Chimp’s back and fought him off, then the Chimp turned on him. He picked up a large tree limb and when the animal charged him he drove it into the chimp’s chin. He yelled for the other men to run and find help. The chimp started to run away, but grabbed the body of the driver and carried it away. Later they found that he had carried it over one mile, and hid it, before consuming parts of the body.
GXXX picked up the second man on his shoulder and headed into the bush, trying to get the injured man out. At this point the first two men returned and this is when they reported GXXX missing. GXXX made it out to the main road, flagged down a passing vehicle, and pleaded for them to get him to a hospital. At that point GXXX was found by the others.
The second man has lost part of an arm, and part of a leg, according to jobsite authorities. The police brought the recovered body of the driver to the jobsite for identification, but the jobsite authorities said that was impossible.
The jobsite shut down at noon. I understand that the site is very distraught, because the man who died is the one who picked them up each day.
GXXX, the man who fought the animal, is psychologically affected and will be sent home on the next available flight, (in fact he is home right now).
Be careful when you are a tourist, always be vigil... I would like to know if there is anyone that might be intersted in finding out if the guys are ok, or if their family might need a donation to help them through a difficult time.
"3 Americans got 2 locals to take them out to the monkey preserve, which has been an attraction for our guys. 2 of the men were from SXXXXXXX, and one was a CXXXXXX employee. One of the locals, the man who was killed, was the bus driver who picked up all of our people staying in hotels in town. He was a very nice young man who everyone liked, and was taking the Americans as a favor on his day off.
We understand that the people in the preserve haven’t fed the animals in a long time and the animals are very mean now. When the Chimpanzee, a very large one, attacked he first went for the young Caddell driver, injuring him severely, (The chimp ripped his face off), and then attacked the second local man, biting off his hand. GXXX physically jumped on the Chimp’s back and fought him off, then the Chimp turned on him. He picked up a large tree limb and when the animal charged him he drove it into the chimp’s chin. He yelled for the other men to run and find help. The chimp started to run away, but grabbed the body of the driver and carried it away. Later they found that he had carried it over one mile, and hid it, before consuming parts of the body.
GXXX picked up the second man on his shoulder and headed into the bush, trying to get the injured man out. At this point the first two men returned and this is when they reported GXXX missing. GXXX made it out to the main road, flagged down a passing vehicle, and pleaded for them to get him to a hospital. At that point GXXX was found by the others.
The second man has lost part of an arm, and part of a leg, according to jobsite authorities. The police brought the recovered body of the driver to the jobsite for identification, but the jobsite authorities said that was impossible.
The jobsite shut down at noon. I understand that the site is very distraught, because the man who died is the one who picked them up each day.
GXXX, the man who fought the animal, is psychologically affected and will be sent home on the next available flight, (in fact he is home right now).