Another resident saw it larger, but agreed with the cat assessment. It was a monkey alright, and about 4 foot tall, but as soon as I grabbed it, it turned itself into a cat with tawny, glowing eyes. Each night, the police logged dozens and dozens of sightings, and the number of alleged attacks shot up. Newspapers outside India picked up the story, reporting that nobody in the terrorized suburbs was sleeping. Since the recent hysteria began, a man and a pregnant woman have both fallen to their deaths fleeing the alleged creature.
Some reports say that as many as four people have, in fact, died from similar falls.
A few days later, according to the Hindustan Times, a young girl was also attacked, by people who believed she was possessed by the monkey's spirit. Dharmendar claimed he was just a simple thief, according to the Hindustan Times, and that he was taking advantage of the hysteria. Though police maintain that the monkey-man doesn't exist, they've offered a 50,000 rupee reward for his capture.