Ecuador: Pickpocketing Monkey makes monkey out of tourist in Puerto Misahualli

Posted on May 17, 2014 • Filed under: Ecuador, TRAVEL

dailymail.co.uk reported there are few things more humiliating than when a pickpocket makes a monkey out of you . . . it’s only worse when that pickpocket’s a monkey.

That’s what happened to photographer Pete Oxford, from Torquay, Devon, when he visited a market in Puerto Misahualli, in Ecuador’s Amazon rainforest.

He said it came right up to him and rifled through his pockets, completely unconcerned by the shoppers – and police – milling around him.

The bold capuchin even sneaked up on a group of children playing football and stole their ball to show off some skills of his own. Read Article

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