Injuries reported by dozens of people in the capital as having been caused by a mysterious ape-like creature were not caused by an animal, police said on Sunday. Lall said police received 22 calls from panic-stricken residents on Saturday night of which 18 were found to be hoaxes. Three frantic people have fallen to their deaths from buildings so far because they thought the mysterious creature was chasing them. Descriptions of the attacker have varied wildly. Some people have said it had a metallic claw, others that it was like a cat with glowing eyes and one said it had flaming red eyes and green lights glowing on its chest.
Monkeys run wild in some parts of New Delhi, sometimes pouncing on pedestrians and entering houses.
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