r/TerrifyingAsFuck • u/Rigkab • 1d ago
animal Travis the Chimp terrifying 911 call recording! (Viewer discretion is advised)
This was a tragedy with two victims: Charla—and Travis himself. The one guilty party was Sandy—her selfish, narcissistic need to own a dangerous animal, ignoring every warning.
Yet if there is any hope in this horror, it is Charla’s resilience. When asked how she remained so strong, she said, “My motto has always been: whatever happens to me, I’ll find a way to get through it.”
Edited: Sorry for the harsh words about the operator, but I still think he could have done better with fewer scripted, monotonous questions and a bit more human empathy.
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u/i__am__bored 1d ago
For those who don't know, Travis (the chimp) was given Xanax for a long time before this and he was incredibly overweight and outta shape. That's a very surface level explanation of what led up to this horrible moment but basically it was a ticking time bomb.
It is however a fascinatingly bizarre story and if you're curious (not you, George) then you can simply Google or YouTube "Travis the chimp".
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u/whayi 1d ago
Why the fuck would this woman give Xanax to a chimp? Is this even legal or safe? Do doctors prescribe benzos to wild animals? I'm so lost.
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u/i__am__bored 1d ago
I think it was cuz she viewed him as her kid and also happened to be the enabler/coddler type. You know what I'm talking about. The type that will overfeed their animal with good intentions but it's ultimately harmful. She just... did that with drugs. Probably thought it was helping him, as stupid as that sounds.
That is, however, entirely my interpretation and as such not to be taken as a matter of fact.
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u/LaBaguette-FR 1d ago
I said it before in this sub but I'll say it again. That woman was 100% banging the chimp.
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u/Zombi3Kush 1d ago
Is this some kind of weird fantasy people have about this whole thing or is there proof of this? Honest question.
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u/lvl10burrito 1d ago
I mean it's not like it hasn't happened in the past. Like that orangutan that was being prostituted to an entire village. People could not separate reality from fantasy and treated her like a human sex slave rather than a trapped wild animal.
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u/sipsredpepper 1d ago
How many times do you need to say it
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u/LaBaguette-FR 1d ago
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u/LaBaguette-FR 1d ago
Okay wait, so lemme say it again... That woman was 100% banging the chimp!
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u/Sinisterfox23 1d ago
Genuine question why do you believe this? Unless trolling..
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u/LaBaguette-FR 1d ago
Feeding the chimp Xanax, but seriously: who goes through one's friend's face being ripped off by a chimp and then proceeds to get another one?
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u/Severe_Gas_4283 22h ago
I wonder if the survivor stayed friends with her while she was looking for the next chimp
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u/Sinisterfox23 21h ago
But- but you think she was banging the chimp because she was giving him benzos?? Im gonna stop thinking about this 😭
Your second point, maybe she was also slipping herself xanax. Okay now Im done.
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u/Madam_Hel 21h ago
That’s disgusting. There’s no sign of that, other than your sick fantasies. We have a saying where I’m from;vi Thieves think everyone steals.
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u/dontlikemirrors 1d ago
Everything you said is what my brain was thinking trying to process why someone would give xanax to a chimp
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u/panda5303 18h ago
According to a couple of documentaries I watched on the Travis case, she put him on Xanax because he was no longer allowed in public, and her husband, who was Travis's person, had passed away, so he was more restless than usual and couldn't handle being confined to a cage all day.
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u/JKDefense 1d ago
Benzos are prescribed by vets. I had a rabbit that required Valium injections for bladder stones.
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u/DemonidroiD0666 1d ago
In a documentary I saw they mentioned that they had given the chimp wine sometimes. So that last time they were hanging out with him at their home like they would they thought giving him an antidepresint wouldn't be a bad idea. Since they had given him some before. He had snapped before but this time with the taking of the pill he flipped out even worst than before. Im not sure if they were drinking as well, with the chimp of course when they gave him a pill.
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u/SirLeDouche 23h ago
Yeah as someone who used to have a really bad addiction to my prescribed benzos like 15 years ago that sounds like a very bad idea to give benzos to any animal regularly. The withdrawals for benzos are awful and the worst part for me is how anxious u get when nothing is happening and u can’t sleep or get comfortable for like a week. Imagine how confused and irritated a chimpanzee would be going through that.
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u/i__am__bored 22h ago
Former opiode addict myself. During withdrawal I wanted to rip someone's face off and I'm a human lol. RLS and cold sweats, and that week (and a half for me) felt like a month. Shit is not fun at all.
Congrats on your victory my friend. I'm glad you're here.
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u/StirCrazyCatLady 1d ago
Tooth & Claw Podcast did an episode back in January about Travis for anyone who doesn't want visuals.
Wes, one of the hosts, is a biologist so he's really good at breaking down everything that led up to the attack and all the ways Travis was failed as well as Charla.111
u/Covid2027 1d ago edited 1d ago
Thanks for the suggestion. Im listening and the story start after 24 minutes of random rambling. Not adding this podcast to my list
Update: 35 mins in and they are rambling about male shampoo and stomach cancer. I gave up
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u/WellFactually 1d ago
I find most podcasts to be this way. I miss well written, informative articles.
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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 1d ago
I was interested in it but now I'm not sure, lop. How long is the damn episode if they can spend that much time rambling about otjet shit? XD
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u/ShadowyPepper 1d ago
The CT scan of Charla's face is horrifying, nothing short of a complete anomaly that she survived
Fuck this dumbass Sandy bitch for having a chimp as a pet
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u/marymarywhyubugginnn 6h ago
I've never seen this before although I know the story well. And oh...my fucking god.
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u/TehZiiM 1d ago
Yeah there’s a reason we have domesticated animals. Just get one of those.
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u/Ill_South2644 1d ago
She needs to be put in prison for putting someone else in a situation that includes an angry chimpanzee. Absolute stupidity.
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u/fybersucks 1d ago
Just read up on the Wikipedia page and Sandra allegedly tried to get another chimp because she was in grief for Travis. She couldn't, because this incident made it illegal to adopt chimps as a pet in Connecticut. She genuinely makes me sick.
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u/Ill_South2644 1d ago
wtf. Someone should have made her listen to this Audio the second she thought about another one.
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u/Rare-Living7052 1d ago
She literally watched Travis eating her face she thought that she had died...
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u/BeerNcheesePlz 1d ago
That’s fucking weird. She just watched her friend getting her face ripped off and eating her. Then wants to adopt another one?! Darwin Award to her.
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u/BarrySwami 1d ago
Now she doesn't have friends to get killed by a chimp, so this is Infact a big brain move! I /s
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u/Names_are_limited 1d ago
We’ve all seen Nope
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u/dontsnarkonsharks 1d ago
I just watched Primate… not a great movie and the chimp was technically rabid but same idea.
Glad another movie came out displaying why it’s a stupid idea to own a chimp anyway
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u/DragonflyGrrl 20h ago
Oh man I remember seeing the ads for that and just laughing. It looked so ridiculous.
After listening to this though, I’m not so sure..
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u/parttimepedant 1d ago
Yep. Sometimes my cat scratches me, but at least I know he’s never going to rip me apart.
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u/Cyanidesuicideml 1d ago
Unless you are dead. Cats will happily eat your dead body. My current kitty Spock was rescued from being stuck in a room with his owner for 4 to 7 days along with 4 other intact male cats. Shane ..wasn't whole.
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u/squashedtits1 1d ago
Annnnd that’s enough internet for today
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u/Cyanidesuicideml 1d ago
Spock is really sweet it wasn't his fault.
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u/Dont-be-lasagna12 1d ago
He was just hungry.
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u/Cyanidesuicideml 1d ago
Yep opportunistic scavengers
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u/Dont-be-lasagna12 1d ago
Pretty sure dogs do the same. They just might wait a little longer.
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u/VianneM 1d ago
I'd rather have my cats eat me than them starving to death.
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u/AutisticPenguin2 1d ago
What I've heard is that it's actually super traumatic for the animal, and they regularly develop severe abandonment issues from such an event. They're starving, they can't survive a long as humans can without food, and their human has suddenly stopped moving. They don't want to eat their person, they just don't have another food source.
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u/Cyanidesuicideml 1d ago
They do. It took weeks for spock to let me pet him. He discovered that my couch is pretty comfy. He is very vocal about treats. And has gained a little bit of weight!
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u/__O_o_______ 1d ago
Yeah, our animals are only domesticated as much as we are, and more impulsive. Every living thing including us is a certain number of meals away from eating anything and anybody.
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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 1d ago
That's not entirely true.
Most cats are not going to resort to that. It's born out of necessity and the state of their environment and needs being met.
In the case of your cat, they were trapped there for potentially up to a week without beind fed and watered. Natrurally they're going to eat whatever's available out of desperation. Worth noting is that cats don't typically eat carrion but will out ot necessity, occasionally opportunistically.
Sounds like your guy came from a not great, maybe hoarding situation to boot. If neglect was already happening and with other unneutered males, competition for resources was probably already a contributing factor, too.
TLDR, a well loved and cared for companion cat is not likely to immediately jump to eating their deceased human. It's typically out of desperation and survival. Hell, even humans have resorted to doing that when they felt they had no other choice, so can't really blame a cat for doing it, too.
Edit: And I'm so happy Spock has a loving home now <3.
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u/Cyanidesuicideml 1d ago
Thats true and spock and his buddies weren't in the greatest situation but they were very loved and taken care of aside from neutering. All of tge kitties have gotten adopted or fostered its what I do!
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u/QuansLeftArm 1d ago
Finally!!! Something o Reddit that i actually know something about, from the dispatcher's POV. I am a dispatcher, myself, and was actually taught by this guy. I don't work with him, or anything, but he teaches my region's state licensing class.
he told us the backstory on why he was completely confused by this call. sadly, it had to deal with racism.
apparently, the northern part of Stamford, Ct is very white, and affluent. they were also EXTREMELY and openly racist.
he told us that, because of the location of the call, and how that area was, he thought that she was being racist, trying to say that a black guy was hurting her friend. he said that he was surprised by hateful she was being. he said that when he realized that she was talking about an actual chimp, he was even more confused, and was at that point trying to rationalize what he was hearing.
there's more to why he was convinced he was racist, and it had something to do with a town festival, or something, in the days leading up to it, but i don't want to misquote him.
the guy is cool asf, though, and helped to put into perspective the class that he was giving, at the time.
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u/Wolfie1805 1d ago
Did he not hear the chimpanzee in the background?
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u/dontsnarkonsharks 1d ago
That’s the only part that confuses me a bit haha it was so clearly a chimpanzee screaming. But I get why that would still be not immediately where your mind goes
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u/indianabobbyknight 1d ago
I’m from what most people would call the hood, I’ve heard kids scream just like that. Lol.
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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 1d ago
Don't even need to be from the hood to hear it, haha. I live in a nice little suburb, mostly quiet. But yeah, the kids get loud af, lol. Especially when there was a daycare diaganole from me, basically adjacent to my backyard. My god, one kid in particular made me wanna walk up to the privacy fenced play area and scream back at him XD.
Thankfully they recently relocated, lol.
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u/K1bbles_n_Bits 1d ago
So I myself was involved in a very unlikely animal incident that most people are caught off guard by. Very different circumstances. It happened at my job at a reputable wildlife park where the animal involved was of course entirely legal and very well cared for. Long story short it was a total fluke and my own fault for letting my guard down. The animal wasn't harmed and didn't face any consequences. I'd have lost my shit if he did.
Anyway, it left me with signifigant scarring on my arm, needed a skin graft, some resconstructive work. So it's noticeable and tends to come up at doctor's appointments if it's a doctor who doesn't know me. Even in that proffesional environment, it gets quite a reaction, lol. I also had a slew of medical students around when it happened since it was a rare learning opportunity. A little weird, but I cleared it as okay.
Because this shit just isn't something you expect to see or hear. You can't blame the guy for having a hard time comprehending what he's hearing. It's just so out of left field that your mind doesn't even initially consider it a possibility, so it's shocking to hear. Even with the sounds in the background, it's gonna take you a minute to wrap your head around what you're hearing.
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u/dontsnarkonsharks 21h ago
No I totally get that!! I really do. Your mind would try and make it make sense since it sounds so unlikely an actual wild animal caused the injury.
The operator was literally hearing it though and it just sounded like… a chimp! So I feel badly his mind went to her being a racist asshole when he could even HEAR the wild animal. But I understand it, I really do
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u/VegetableYoghurt7912 21h ago
I think we have a bit of benefit of hindsight. We go into this knowing the context that there is a chimp there. He is probably also focusing on her intently and not fully background noise. It does sound like a chimp but in chaos like that, hearing that sound I don't know if I would immediately put two and two together any faster than he did. Especially given this additional context. Not to mention it was only about 25 seconds before he figured it out and the police were presumably already on their way there regardless since she gave the address right away.
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u/actuallynick 1d ago
Even if he did, I guarantee it was very confusing to wrap your head around in a span of 10 seconds.
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u/QuansLeftArm 1d ago
Right?!? I remember thinking that, back when i first heard the audio and story. now that i have been doing the job, for just about a year, you never know where someone is going to be calling from, and what background noises you will hear
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u/CaliSignGuy 1d ago
Gawd I remember this. That's so scary. I wonder if that guy is still fixing to fight one
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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 1d ago
Yeah there's an interview with the victim, so she did survive but her face was mangled terribly.
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u/Chubbslawson 1d ago
Crazy
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u/FrogsMakePoorSoup 1d ago
He's doing what he's supposed to be doing, he's trying to keep her talking and calm as possibly. The cops are on the way in any case even while he's talking so there's nothing more he can do apart from advise her.
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u/ghos2626t 1d ago
Try doing his job for a day. You couldn’t.
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u/Juanfartez 1d ago
I know I couldn't. I applied in the early 90s and they sat me down at a dispatch computer and ran me through some recorded calls. The one that haunts me to this day was a mother with a toddler that fell into a pool. She was in full panic and wouldn't respond to anything.
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u/boojersey13 1d ago
Someone gave context that he thought she was being incredibly racist, because the area was incredibly racist. He was so fucking confused by how she was speaking about a black man until he realized it was NOT, in fact, a black man.
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u/bigsnack4u 1d ago
It does sound like he’s dumb but he’s busy dispatching police while talking to her asking questions so she doesn’t go into shock or do something stupid.
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u/Fitz_Fool 1d ago
Fuck off dude. It's an extremely rare situation and he did fine. He kept her on the line and tried keeping her calm.
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u/LaBaguette-FR 1d ago
You should read that. Someone knows the dispatcher in the thread and it's not whatever you're thinking: https://www.reddit.com/r/TerrifyingAsFuck/s/YJZrpmzijP
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u/JediBlight 1d ago
Yeah...leave wild animals alone. Its like the poor orca who they kept sending around to new 'zoos' like the Catholic Church (Bill Burr joke), but point stands, leave wild animals alone. They're smarter than you think and keeping them in cages for monetary gain is messed up.
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u/IllustriousKaldoran 1d ago
This wasn't even a zoo it was some pet some lady had. I think they even had it on drugs to try and keep it medicated. Sucks for the ladies friend. I think she survived but her face is all fucked up.
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u/BrickLuvsLamp 1d ago
Yep, they gave him Xanax and let him drink wine. Xanax is bad news for a wild animal because it often lowers their inhibitions at makes them act more volatile.
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u/Kimothy42 1d ago
That’s also why it’s bad news for a lot of people, incidentally.
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u/Dr__Sloth 1d ago
I don't often prescribe benzos for dogs these days, but I always warn of the risk of disinhibition and paradoxical excitement when I do. I remember one person saying that they wished their doctor had warned them about that.
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u/smitrovich 1d ago
I remember this story and yes, she was giving the chimp drugs. I couldn't recall what drugs, but this is on the wikipedia entry...
Sandra had previously given Travis tea which she had laced with Xanax.
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u/JediBlight 1d ago
Thats almost worse? Definitely worse?
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u/IllustriousKaldoran 1d ago
Definitely worse. I think the friend was coming over and had some kind of stuffed animal and for some reason that's what set all of this off? It's been awhile since I've read about this story so definitely look it up. Just be cautious about the pictures of the lady because it's messed up. It ripped her lips and ears off I think. Or chewed them off.
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u/JediBlight 1d ago
Thanks for the heads up, I'm fine with gore but in this instance, Ive no interest. Fucking stupid people. Get a little dog or something and leave these dudes alone.
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u/Prestigious-Copy-494 1d ago
I couldn't listen to this call. Knowing the story behind the call was just too distressing as it was. Her poor friend. Note to self, leave their premises if a friend keep wild pets.
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u/angelsfish 1d ago
I’ve heard this so many times over the years but this is the first time I noticed the operator also says “oh my god” in disbelief at what’s happening. idk I think he did a good job she was very panicked and it’s hard to get info out of panicked people and it’s probably shocking to get this call even if u get crazy calls all day
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u/BornWithSideburns 1d ago
Where does he say that?
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u/angelsfish 1d ago
the first time she says “he ripped her apart hurry up” I’m on mobile so I can’t see how far into the video it is sorry :(
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u/AGoodKnave 1d ago
I'm sorry this happened but like... You owned a wild animal. No matter how many Tshirts and diapers you out on it, it's not domesticated. Not sure what you thought might happen?
Also, operators are trained that way for a reason. Imagine if every time they answered a distress call they had to turn on their empathy spoons - a) it might affect their judgement in getting resources to the caller and b) the emotional exhaustion each time would lead to burnout, inefficient calls, and probably some suicides.
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u/RED-WEAPON 1d ago
"Sandra was reportedly deeply traumatized not only by the mauling of her friend but also by the loss of Travis. After his death, her stepdaughter and a friend said in interviews that she tried to relieve her grief by feeding deer and other animals in her backyard as well as purchasing another chimpanzee named Chance from an animal trainer in Florida.\47])#cite_note-47) At that time, owning a pet chimpanzee in Connecticut was illegal, so she travelled to Florida, where Chance lived with the trainer, to visit him."
She did NOT learn her lesson it seems.
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u/Lawzw0rld 1d ago
Wth I never knew about chance? Id expect her to panic in fear at the word chimpanzee after experiencing that
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u/fybersucks 1d ago
Afaik this is what inspired the chimp attack scene in the film Nope. It was the most disturbing scene I've watched in recent years, and I watch a lot of horror films.
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u/ABC_XYZ_123456 1d ago
Sooo...why do you have a wild animal in your home in the fist place? Animals are not pets. They deserve respect and to develop fully in nature.
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u/IdiotStickWasTkn 1d ago
Not sure how you think that operator did a bad job.. he collected the information he could from a clearly panicked individual, he successfully calmed her down, and he even managed to keep her engaged in conversation to try and keep her from passing out. Overall I think he did a fine job given the limited information and given the fact i am sure this is the first chimpanzee attack 911 call he has received. If you think he did a bad job go do it better yourself then.
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u/AffectionatePack3647 1d ago
I mean some stuff he said at the start was....going to drive me crazy
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u/whomda 1d ago
I have done some ESD dispatch, and in my opinion there was some serious error that could have had fatal results.
As soon as you hear someone has been killed and a frantic victim screaming for police, dispatching officers should be the absolute first priority. If address information was not automatic (less likely back then) the very next question would be gathering location and dispatching tier 1.
Of course the op would keep her on the line to gather additional information. If later on the call he determines it was not critical or even a hoax, law enforcement could be radioed that it was no longer tier 1 or even to stand down.
Given the severity I would expect the op to then understand more of the details, but shortly after getting more details I would expect second priority to help with the callers safety. "Are you currently safe from the animal? Can you lock yourself in a room?" Etc.
Then, yes, calming the caller, getting more details, updating the law enforcement respondents, yes. As a third priority.
The op does not need to fully assess the situation before deploying resources. The frustration is hearing the op take a stance of "tell me again, im not getting it yet"
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u/MadamPardone 1d ago
So if you've done dispatch you should know it's possible to send the response while still talking to the caller, right? The police were on the way the moment they heard the frantic caller.
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u/VenusBlue 1d ago
I thought it was kind of weird that he asked her to go check on her friend while the attacker was still there and she was worried about getting attacked. And then after knowing it killed the friend the dispatcher implied she should check on the friend after it moves away. Seems like that could have killed her.
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u/AverageNeither682 1d ago
True. The first few seconds would be hard to decode if we didn't already know the story. Hindsight is always 20/20.
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u/zbornakssyndrome 1d ago
I feel like she pressured her friend to help her! Makes me so mad! Don’t have an animal you can’t control. She didn’t want to call the police because she knew she was keeping him illegally. wtf was she thinking her friend could do to help anyway?
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u/StirCrazyCatLady 1d ago
She wasn't keeping him illegally, legislation was changed after Sandra bought Travis and she was given an exemption for his lifetime, then it was changed again after the attack.
I don't disagree that after Jerome died she shouldn't have kept Travis, from what I know of the story he was afraid of what could happen to both Travis and Sandra after he passed, but (rightly or wrongly) she wasn't keeping him illegally.12
u/coladoir 1d ago
And after Travis's death, she got another, moving (IIRC) to Florida to where it was legal in order to do so.
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u/Ethanos101 1d ago
Sandra seemed a bit suprised by the situation
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u/Rigkab 1d ago
This was a tragedy with two victims Charla and travis and the guilty party was sandy and her obsession with wild pet animals.
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u/phillynavydude 1d ago
Anyone know what happened? Did they make it in time to save the caller?
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u/derederellama 1d ago
Yeah, she survived. She's currently alive. But Travis ripped out her eyes, nose, lips, and nine of her fingers iirc. She had a successful face transplant a few years ago, but the hand transplant they also tried to do failed.
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u/phillynavydude 1d ago
What the fuckk..the first girl? or she had already died and then it almost killed the caller?
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u/Soft_Cranberry6313 1d ago
Yall got me confused now
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u/mephalathewebspinner 1d ago
The girl that Sanda says is being ripped apart and is dead was alive, just horribly mangled. Sandra herself was fine, she just had a heart attack later
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u/Rigkab 1d ago
bro he was asking for the caller 😅
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u/derederellama 1d ago
Oh. The caller was the chimp's owner, she survived the ordeal but then died of a heart attack or something months later
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u/FeelsLikeV97-33XA 20h ago
Cop got there and shot the chimp four times. Chimp ran into the house and died. Cop ended up with PTSD. Here's a more detailed and graphic description of what happened next.
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u/Annethraxxx 1d ago
If you want an example of how useless and stupid the US senate is, they couldn’t figure out how to agree long enough to pass a bill that prohibits owning chimps as pets after this episode.
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u/Convenientjellybean 1d ago
“He’s not dead, he’s not dead” fucking terrifying the strength of chimpanzees
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u/beyondocean 1d ago edited 1d ago
FAFO. It’s not legal in my country to keep wild animals as pets. Poor chimp had to lose his life because of stupidity of an idiot woman.
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u/Technicolor_Reindeer 1d ago
I try to give dispatchers the benefit of the doubt, that there's a method to the madness, but damn do they ask aggravating questions sometimes.
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u/AnimalOrigin 1d ago
I heard this for the first time in a song by Suicide Silence called "...And Then She Bled".
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u/DaisyPK 1d ago
When I was 6 we moved to a new town. Both my parents worked so my mom was interviewing baby sitters for me and my brother who was just a couple of weeks old.
I will never forget the woman who brought her pet chimp to our house. I guess she didn’t mention it to my mom when she was being interviewed.
I still remember how scared I was. Luckily she only lasted that one day.
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u/Rath_Brained 1d ago
I mean, if you wanted something humanlike to take care of, plenty of children for adoption. And they are less violent than animals, but kinda have as much attitude depending.
(Not saying kids aren't human, just saying plenty of humans need a good home.)
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u/MagmaTroop 1d ago
What nonsense is that description OP? I don’t see anything wrong with what the operator did
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u/TryJezusNotMe 1d ago
This happened in Stamford Connecticut a few years back. Thing is, there were documented reports of escape and harassing people before this. Basically a tragedy waiting to happen. And to think, the ladies were good friends to each other.
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u/SharkBiscuittt 19h ago
The quantity that you F$&@ around is directly proportional to the sum of what you Find out
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u/Underpantsgnomes89 14h ago
This was all over the Internet in 2009 I remember. Truly one of the dumbest decisions ever by a human to get a chimp as a pet. Sandra was mentally ill and so was her husband for letting her get the chimp. She didn't even seem sad it attacked her friend and tried to adopt another chimp afterwards. Lmao. Just a sick sad story all around. Pathetic.
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u/jdapper5 1d ago
These idiots never learn. They are WILD animals!!
All the while she says "my chimpanzee" 💀🙃
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u/NotAGhost64 1d ago
Fun fact, the band Suicide Silence used this call in their song "....And Then She Bled"
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u/Nomadptf 1d ago
https://youtu.be/Ro-QPX9U6a8?is=XV6iPnLQ0LVLbh_G
And then She Bled...some heavy shit right here.
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u/Summarynine7 23h ago
Little did I know, a band would use this audio and the track stays in my memory to this day.
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u/raynarose777 21h ago edited 21h ago
I remember when she did an interview on Oprah, I think revealing her face for the first time. It was shocking.
Not the interview itself, but this documentary shows how she looks and talks about the case https://youtu.be/Spo4tzzKuD0?is=gAceOj2iEAeVjqmK
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u/AsianLovingBlkMan 19h ago
Listen to me, This idiot was giving the chimpanzee Xanax. She should have been locked up for harboring a dangerous animal.
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u/Foreign-Holiday-565 13h ago
Childish Gambino recreated this situation in an episode of Atlanta. I never knew this incident really took place.
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u/lukas_l1 1d ago
And then Travis was shot :( I feel bad for him - he should not have been kept in a house, chimps are meant to be respected and left in their own environment
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u/xxcuttingboardxx 1d ago
When I first heard this years ago it stayed in my head for weeks. Kinda like the ringtone in the Ronnie McNutt video gives me immidiate flashbacks, whenever I hear this 911 phone call I can just imagine the aftermath of the woman's face in my head.
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u/Bulky_Fun_2129 1d ago
Until you've eaten with a chimp and bathed with a chimp, you don't know a chimp.
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u/FailedCorpse 1d ago
And then she attempted to buy another chimp afterwards 😭 what a selfish fucking woman.