Some police officers started to make a connection between the sighting calls and New Delhi's frequent power failures. They suspected that some residents called the police every time there was a power failure because they believed police would be forced to restore power before starting a search. Two portrait sketches, based on the creature's victims, suggested it was human. One showed a swarthy broad-faced bearded man with a flat nose, thick lips and a piercing stare. The other, which could hardly have been more different, portrayed a narrow-faced man with a receding hairline, a scrappy moustache and dark glasses.
Monkeys run wild in New Delhi and on the outskirts of the city.
Sometimes they pounce on pedestrians or enter houses. Police suspected the terrorizing creature was an animal, but the city's zoo director ruled out that possibility. Copyright 2001 by ThePittsburghChannel. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.