This evening my dogs were going beserk. Then my nephew came in and said there was a monkey on our roof and I looked out and there he was sitting on the roof jutting into our kitchen backyard, quite unconcerned by 2 dogs barking dementedly. In between, he would bend over and look at them and that would bring on fresh paroxysms. Finally, I got my dogs inside the house, hoping that would encourage the monkey to come down and go off among the trees. But no, after the dogs were inside he climbed up to the top of the roof and there he sat for quite a long while and then onto the divi-divi tree I have near my front verandah. I stood outside looking at him.
After some contemplation, he decided to come down from the roof, but not down that tree. He then looked at me and finding me unthreatening, he walked across--upright to the other side of the front yard and sat on the low wall there for a bit to decide his further actions and then he disappeared. I don't know whether he is still around or went off down the road. I must say he was very bold and didn't seem very scared of the dogs or humans. The poor guy had lost his left arm, as in from the wrist down. But he seemed to be managing ok. I do hope he won't come near my house again to torment my dogs and just stays in the trees around; after all there is enough fruit for him to eat, without coming near the house.
