2008-08-22-monkey-madness.md (1072B)
1 +++ 2 title = "Monkey Madness" 3 date = "2008-08-22T00:00:00Z" 4 slug = "monkey-madness" 5 tags = ["Japan", "WTF"] 6 +++ 7 8 How many police does it take to catch a monkey in one of Tokyo's busiest train 9 stations? Apparently a lot more than the [40 or so that 10 tried][yt_monkey_at_shibuya]. 11 12 The monkey was first spotted around 9:45am on top of the Tokyu Toyoko Line 13 schedule display, possibly one of the best choices for people-watching in 14 Shibuya Station, strategically positions between the exit of the Tokyu 15 department store and the entrance to one of Tokyo's busiest train lines. 16 17 It hung around for close to two hours while commuters, shoppers, news crews and 18 a posse of net-wielding cops showed up, before finally deciding to 19 [make a break for it][yt_news]. Police never did catch the cheeky 20 monkey, and its current whereabouts are unknown. 21 22 Apparently this is the third incident of a monkey getting into a train station 23 in Tokyo in the last few weeks. 24 25 [yt_monkey_at_shibuya]: https://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=1LbhEJ2NUxE 26 [yt_news]: https://jp.youtube.com/watch?v=AKFh-Wc7KSE